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A review by emilylif
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
4.0
The Taming of the Shrew is quite possibly my favorite Shakespeare play, and I was very pleased with Anne Tyler's adaptation. It's so different compared to 10 Things I Hate About You, which was wonderful. I love that movie, but I was glad Vinegar Girl wasn't a carbon copy.
Kate is wonderful and snippy and in charge of herself, of course, and Petyr is quite the opposite of what I'd expected for Kate's eventual beau, but I loved him. Bunny and the girls' father were brilliant as well, holding true to their original Shakespearean characters but also becoming something exclusive to this particular retelling.
The part that pleased me the most, I think, is the fact that Tyler included Katherine's ending soliloquy in this. And it was so clearly meant to be that, and it was preachy in the way the original Shakespearean ending is--Katherine's not giving in, but she's allowing for change as well.
I finished it within a couple hours, and overall I absolutely adored this retelling of my favorite Shakespearean comedy.
Kate is wonderful and snippy and in charge of herself, of course, and Petyr is quite the opposite of what I'd expected for Kate's eventual beau, but I loved him. Bunny and the girls' father were brilliant as well, holding true to their original Shakespearean characters but also becoming something exclusive to this particular retelling.
The part that pleased me the most, I think, is the fact that Tyler included Katherine's ending soliloquy in this. And it was so clearly meant to be that, and it was preachy in the way the original Shakespearean ending is--Katherine's not giving in, but she's allowing for change as well.
I finished it within a couple hours, and overall I absolutely adored this retelling of my favorite Shakespearean comedy.