Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

27 reviews

teaskate's review against another edition

A school literature, but still not to bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide, and Murder

dropout's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

literally_mint's review

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

david_slack110507's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment, Violence, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

abby25's review against another edition

sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, and Death

anastasia_raf's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

I read Romeo and Juliet because I wanted to see what all the fuss is about... 
I get the "hype" surrounding it, and I imagine it was original and singular in its era... But I barely enjoyed it.

 It had some pretty beautiful and lyrical writing in it, and yet so many problematic themes and sentences as well. But as the format I read mentioned, it's not an "unscathed" representation of his work; it has been polished, changed, misrepresented, misunderstood and even experimented with in the theatre.
So I guess, we really cannot know "what the poet was trying to say."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexism, Misogyny, Suicide, Grief, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The only reason this isn't 5 stars is some unchallenged content that can be largely attributed to societal views at time of publication. Everything else is just too good. The language can be hard to understand at times but the themes, imagery used, references to other parts of the text, characters, language (when you take time to understand it) and rlly good execution of a tragedy arc outshine that. I am so in love with this book omg.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Misogyny, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexism

Minor: Death of parent and Transphobia

winter13's review

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

If they weren't so horny this book would be so short

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Gore

sveta's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Murder

monjure's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I hate Shakespeare.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Suicide