Romeo and Juliet
Ratings1,169
Average rating3.5
The first romantic tragedy I read when I was in 7th standard. I have always loved every single verse from this play and I had remembered them by heart as a boy.
This is a re-reading but the first time with this particular edition. The Royal Shakespeare Company Modern Library edition is just beautifully clear. When I picked this up I just had to buy it and now intend to get hold of them all.
It's the combination of modern font, clear, unfussy layout and the obvious accessibility of the notes on the page that make it so much easier to understand and enjoy.
The scholarship brings out all the earthy, bawdy double meanings and brings old Shakespeare to life.
Summary: In this classic tragedy, two teenagers fall in love but face the obstacle of coming from two different families who absolutely hate each other.
Es Iconic, son muy intensos y roza un poco lo ridículo pero creo que parte de su encanto.
2.0 - Audiolibro
Reacio a leerlo por muchos años decidí por fin darle una oportunidad a un Audiolibro encontrado en Spotify. Le di algunas ojeadas al Ebook que tenía por ahi en el cloud y definitivamente la versión de Audiolibro es mucho menos poética (para mi gran alivio) pero bastante bien interpretada (en la mayoría de los casos; aunque Romeo es realmente insufrible).
Esto está bien como símbolo del amor venciendo al odio pero nada más. Estos amores fugaces son tan inverosímiles para mí que caen en lo risible. El pobre y desdichado Romeo que, por culpa de un amor no correspondido por parte de una tal Rosalina (¿o era Rosalinda?... y creo que también era una Capuleto), decide olvidarse de ella en un santiamén para caer profundamente enamorado (en una noche...) de Julieta Capuleto.
Cuando Romeo confiesa esto a Fray Lorenzo, este le responde: “¿Otra vez, Romeo?”. Eso, señores, es una clara indicación de algún síndrome amoroso sufrido por Romeo Montesco. No es nada nuevo para sus conocidos. En conclusión: si no se mataba por Rosalina o Julieta, iba a ser por cualquier otra.
I read along with the movie 1996 movie adaptation featuring Leonardo DiCaprio. It's really interesting to see what they skip and decide to keep in.
I love this book. The story of young lovers from Verona who are victims of unfulfilled and forbidden love. The strong emotions that control them lead to their destruction. You may like them or not, but they are definitely a symbol. A very touching and beautiful book.
It's weird... half of it is pure comedy, witty and funny - and then the rest is melodramatic garbage.
1/5 stars
I despise this book with a burning passion. I had to read it for my English class, and it was one of the worst books I've had to read for the class. If it had been read for the theater, it may have been a different experience, as they would at least add a comedic aspect to it. This book reminded me of why I despise the Romeo and Juliet trope so much. Very few retellings have made me tolerate this trope. Although some people have told me that this trope is just another version of enemies to lovers, I completely disagree. Going back to the book, I realized that this has another trope I dislike: insta-love. They met and immediately fell for each other. How am I supposed to feel sorry for them when I have no attachments to the characters of the relationship they had? I would love to say that I liked a character from this story, but in this case, all the characters annoyed me, especially since I had to analyze them.
did i add an extra star because i love baz luhrmann's film version so much? ... maybe.
this is probably one of my favourite shakespeare plays and while the above comment is kind of a joke, it's also kind of not because i think knowing the scenes beforehand really helped me enjoy the play more. oftentimes with other plays there's a lot of energy spent trying to figure out what the underlying message of everyone's words are, and that wasn't necessary here.
i absolutely love the language of this play. there are so many beautiful and intriguing lines, puns and metaphors. i loved how much i could enjoy and admire the word plays.
also just a side note that it lowkey highkey annoys me that people hate this play because the two kids fall in love too quickly or some shit. yeah they do. they're literal actual children. maybe i just never took this play as being a romantic tale and always focused more on the fact that it's tragedy how a family feud can bring so much destruction onto kids who had nothing to do with their parents' fuck ups. i know that sounds like i'm being pretentious as heck but i just. never understood it to be meant as romantic in the sense that young people thinking dying is their only way out is supposedly “romantic”. anyway.
Very clearly not the best of Shakespeare, but it is definitely the most popular for a reason
It's been so long since I've read Shakespeare that I'd forgotten how much I like his work!
My rating is a 2.5 for now since in class we didn't really read it I'm going to give it a fair chance later.