Okay, thanks to Edelweiss and Random House Books for Young Readers for allowing me to read a sampler of these two titles. Now, I am a little disappointed that it was only samplers, but that is fine. While I normally do enjoy books like this, I might not have made it all the way through, as I have actually read Romeo and Juliet. But I think this could be a great way to help kids today understand Shakespeare. Yeah, you could say it “dumbs” it down. But, it’s not any different to me than translating it into more modern words like the No Fear Shakespeare books do.
These are basically told through Romeo and Juliet texting each other, or else writing in diary mode on their phones. They use normal texting abbreviations and terms, as well as emojis. One of the exchanges between Romeo and Juliet that I love was like this:
Romeo: Juliet, I swear on the
Doesn’t that kind of look like fun? Of course in the book each person’s speaking part is in bubbles like in a text message.
So I would recommend this as a fun book for someone trying to understand Shakespeare as they read it.
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I definitely enjoyed reading these! I got full copies in the mail and I flew right through them. They were super interesting!
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
Lucky! I'm disappointed that I didn't at least get a full copy of one egalley. 🙁
lol the books look really good! It's a really original idea too 😀 I wish they were out when I was younger, it would have made me get into Shakespeare sooner I think.
Great post,
Amy x
I really think it will help teens who have to read it understand it quicker. Thanks for stopping by!
Oh my gosh these sound great! I love the concept, lol. I'll have to pick up a copy from my library!
It is a really fun concept, at least I thought so. Hope you enjoy them if you pick them up!
Hmmm – not sure it would be for me. I see you're currently reading The Cage. I've seen this around. Looks good. Hope you're enjoying it! 🙂
@dino0726 from
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Finished the Cage and enjoyed it. Reviewed it yesterday I think. Thanks for stopping by!