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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

13 reviews

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

G slur.

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

elspethmigliore's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

2.5

it’s not that i don’t like shakespeare, because i love him. his writing is genius and i appreciate mostly all of it. the only reason i couldn’t stand this was because romeo and juliet are some of the most insufferable characters i have ever read about. i absolutely am in awe of their annoyingness. despite this, the point was made very clear and i really did like the story. 

i might reread but probably not ☑️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, and Drug use

Moderate: Alcohol and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent

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

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

jojo_'s review against another edition

emotional lighthearted 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent

henyouise's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

1.5

Wow... this was not great. I remember not liking it the first time I read it almost 10 years ago but man this does not hold up. The writing is choppy at best and full of weird innuendos I had a hard time deciphering. I didn't like any of the characters. Juliet was my favorite I guess but that's because what she said made the most sense to me- like in a reading sense. It wasn't a riddle.
I'll stick with the ballet version of R&J.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Death of parent

lri_reads's review against another edition

challenging funny sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

sankta_aleena's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, and Death