Omg Shakespeare: Yolo Juliet (Other)

from MillieHennessy

This book was a comedic little retelling of Romeo and Juliet using text messages rampant with emojis. I got a good laugh out of it and I will certainly buy the other books in this series. I'm not a die-hard Shakespeare fan, so I didn't mind his work being poked fun at or translated into a bunch o...

from ladycato

While I didn't find this as laugh-out-loud funny as Macbeth #killingit, I continue to be amused by the entire concept of retelling Shakespeare in text message format, with emojis, acronyms, and all. In the case of YOLO Juliet, that makes the young voices of the leads come across as especially mod...

from Sarah220

It's a cute premise. It did include some surprisingly good details about character and relationships but...in the end, I'm an English teacher. It's just not really Romeo and Juliet without Shakespeare's language and poetry. (Except for West Side Story; Bernstein makes that an acceptable adaptatio...

from Beammey

I feel like this was just as good as the others in the series. I laughed, I laughed some more, etc. It's worth the read if you like this sort of thing. I would definitely recommend it. 5 out of 5 stars. Brilliant.

from Beammey

I feel like this was just as good as the others in the series. I laughed, I laughed some more, etc. It's worth the read if you like this sort of thing. I would definitely recommend it. 5 out of 5 stars. Brilliant.