A review by marleens
Hamlet by William Shakespeare

4.0

I read Hamlet in preparation for a Hamlet-inspired science fiction novel I’m planning to read soon, because I didn’t really know the story and wanted to be able to catch possible references or quotes in the retelling. Same as with the other Shakespeare plays I’ve read over the past few years, I listened to an audio performance of the play while reading along, occasionally stopping to read explanatory footnotes if the language was unclear. The best part of this play is definitely the main character, I really loved his emotion, his wit, his use of humour in dark circumstances. And Shakespeare use of language is of course amazing, so many puns and other wordplays.