The Complete Works - William Shakespeare

One Sentence Summary:

the world is but a stage (where terrible, terrible things happen) and the people merely players (running the gauntlet from "oh my gosh what a sweet heart" to "holy hell can I please jump in and kill him myself")

Review:

Shakespeare is one of a kind, everyone should have some contact with at least some of his work at some point in their lives (out side of those tortuous high school English class read throughs). I will not go into to much detail but I will say 80% of his work is beautiful but the other 20% is a bit difficult to get through. My favourite play to read is A Midsummer Night's Dream, my favourite play to see well done is Hamlet, my favourite play to see awkwardly done is As You Like It (also really good done well, or read but hilarious when done by a high school group who isn't quite sure about much of anything it has a particular charm). The sonnets are all beautiful and meaningful (well mostly, some are rather contrived and confusing). I enjoy most Shakespeare. 

10/10 - 4/10

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Shakespeare is a one of a kind so I have no suggestions for further reading