Shakespeare’s One Star reviews on Amazon

Boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boring boringness boring boring boring boring boringness boring boring boringness boring boobs ass tits balls

I would give this book one star for trying. I didn’t really enjoy it, but maybe that’s just because I don’t like love stories.

I would reccomend this to theatre people.

I tried to read Shakepeare as a kid, and couldn’t stand it. It still sucks 50 years later.

it would have been nice to hav some scene setting or descriptions

This book is very boring and doesn’t say much for the man who wrote it! Ofcourse Willy is acclaimed as the best writer of all time, but this is only because of British Media hyping the man, after 400 years.

It was ok compared to some other books I have read in the pasts but not that good

Heres what i would say to Shakespear… Welcome to America Now speak english

shakespeare was obviously taking some shortcuts here. still, a pretty good play,

I wish that William Shakespeare would have wrote it like a regular book

All and all this play is atrocious. Though it is acclaimed as the greatest work of drama ever, it is hardly that. People who say such things, have absolutely no credibility. Hamlet’s only purpose is to confuse the reader. Any intelligent person can see through his character and realize that he is little more than a feeble mind with a large vocabulary

Wasn’t such a big fan. I prefer more modern novels, without the big words

Having researched great authors as part my PhD at Princeton, it is surprising how poorly Shakespeare has written this particular book. The plot is weak and lacks imagination, the character development is all over the shop and writing style is quite muddled in places.

I hate all the stupid fairy stuff almost as much as I hate those be damn communists

The poetry could be much better.

The book has some high points and a lot of low points. Shakespeare’s wordplay is on full display but the bard has definitely been beaten by later books with the same plot but more interesting treatment. I recommend this on an uncertain day when you want a light and refreshing read of old school drama.

I’m an Arts and Letters major and you won’t find me reading Shakespeare. I don’t share the common fondness that folks nationwide has with this particular author. I think most people simply quote and adore him because he obviously heralded something new to the world of theater and literature.

I was very disappointed

Macbeth I found to be tacky with very few memorable quotes.

I’m not saying I didn’t like it – I did and it has it’s peaks and valleys, but when the good writing is so good and the bad so bad, the whole piece loses it’s magic a bit.

Would like to watch a play it sounds fun

I absolutely hated it. Don’t really know what all the hype was about. It felt like forever trying to get through it. The end could not come fast enough!

A good piece of writing, not too much to brag about though

This has to be one of the worst plays ever written, Shakespeare or no Shakespeare. While the Bard was the master of English drama, he really slipped up here. The plot makes no sense, the characters motivations are contrived, and the jokes fall flat. I have read this play hundreds of times, seen umpteen productions and films, and am astonished at the plaudits universally accorded to it.

Too much time is taken betwwen the action scenes

The utter stupidity of the script and the horrible ending drag it down.

i liked it that hal killed hotspur because in the movie hotspur was ugly and disgusting. everytime i looked at him i felt like i wanted to puke.

This book is the worst book i have ever read in my life. It was only good for making me fall asleep

This book was absolutely ridiculous. No copyright or publishing information.

The language is very poetic and the story interesting. However, the main characters are extremely shallow

This may be one of the great works of humanity, but it just doesn’t cut it for me. The gender sterotypes are nauseating, to say the least

In my opinion all of Shakespeare’s writings are long winded, drawn out words with no possibility of ever coming close to being remotly interesting. Hamlet was actually one of the most terribly boring, predictable, useless book ever written. The plot had no vital juices. The charachters were devoid of all emotion and energy. Even more devastating to the book is how it all ended. I actually got to say once Hamlet,Gertrude, and Claudius died I was leaping with joy, it was impossible to contain my excitment. Why? Because it meant that if every one is dead, well, IT IS FINALLY OVER!

There’s nothing here that tells us anything about the human condition other than what we already know and acknowledge as some of our worst traits: that we can be impulsive, gullible, stubborn, hateful, and murderous.

This was by far the worst science fiction novel I have ever watched

I think that Shakespeare made up some of the words. Also, the story was so hard to understand because Shakespeare uses so many metaphors, and doesn’t describe what is going on too well. Even if this story were written in today’s language, it still wouldn’t have appealed to me because I don’t think the plot is any good.

I’m sorry, but this book was awful. You can burn me for a heretic, but it was

i just read this book. everybody like always talks about how great it is and everything. but i don’t think so. like, it’s been done before, right?? soooo cliched. omg.

Play was very stupid it sucks no one should read it because there is no point of reading this because all this play is taking up your time.

English class will not be fun this year

This is probably the most cliche novel ever written. It’s boring as well and isn’t even in English. Fail!

This absolutely SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are here looking for a good read for casual use, I would go in search elsewhere. The times have changed and this did not keep my attention. I’m it was a big hit back in its time.

The most boring read ever! The main character spends all his time doing nothing — and, worse, makes us all listen to his tedious CONTEMPLATIONS on how he does nothing. Much too slow; there should be more action here. Moreover, the author reverts time and time again to tired cliches — e.g., “outrageous fortune,” “murder most foul,” “primrose path,” “the time is out of joint,” “more honored in the breach than the observance.” The list could go on and on: we’ve heard them millions of times before, and we hear them every day. Finally, the story is too grim and sad. Why do so many people have to die? Why can’t the main character just realize that it’s better to forgive and forget than to take revenge and CONSTANTLY PONTIFICATE about EVERYTHING. Stay away from this book. There are lots of better and more entertaining books to buy.

It is a little hard to read since its likes a script but I guess it is alright, though it would be better if it is written in story like.

The beginning of every line is a capital letter no matter if it is a new sentence. I don’t know if it ought to be like that, but I don’t like it.

Man, this English was older than my mom. I was like, “What is this?”

If you enjoy confused characters, boring plots, and massive amounts of footnotes, this book about nothing is for you.