"To Be Or Not To Be..."
Last week I finished Hamlet! Although it wasn't a very long book, it sure was a tedious one. I have read many other books that were incredibly long, for example the Heroes of Olympus series, but this book took a long time to read and comprehend as I went along.
SPOILER ALERT***
The book gets incredibly boring and slow during the middle. This book is about a Prince of Denmark who later finds out that his uncle was the murderer of his father. In the middle; as I mentioned already was boring. The book really side-tracked and didn't come back onto the topic of vengeance until around ACT 4.
In the middle of the book, what occurred was, Hamlet was sad because of an unknown reason. Which was thought to be because of his rejection by Ophelia. But later one could infer that the root of his sorrow was the death of his father. So just as a was to get back at his uncle and to reveal his secret in front of everybody, Hamlet came up with a unique idea. Later in the week, a play was to take place to amuse the King, Queen and all of Denmark. Instead of showing what was to be shown, he asked the actors to change the play and show his story instead. When they did this, it really got to the King. He started sweating and stormed out embarrassed. He was in a very agitated mood for the rest of the book.
I won't describe the entire story, so I will just skip to the ending... i.e. the good part! The king and the Prince of Norway (he comes in later because Ophelia had committed suicide and he blamed Hamlet for his daughter's death) and they poison Hamlets drink. He senses it and they duel. Hamlet kills his Uncle, and the Prince of Norway! But unfortunately his mother had also died. She drank Hamlet's poisoned drink unknowingly. Here's the sad part... Hamlet dies too. :-(
Over all this book was an incredible read. You just have to give it a chance and be open-minded to reading a different/unique piece of text. I would give this book 4.5 stars out 5.
In the middle of the book, what occurred was, Hamlet was sad because of an unknown reason. Which was thought to be because of his rejection by Ophelia. But later one could infer that the root of his sorrow was the death of his father. So just as a was to get back at his uncle and to reveal his secret in front of everybody, Hamlet came up with a unique idea. Later in the week, a play was to take place to amuse the King, Queen and all of Denmark. Instead of showing what was to be shown, he asked the actors to change the play and show his story instead. When they did this, it really got to the King. He started sweating and stormed out embarrassed. He was in a very agitated mood for the rest of the book.
I won't describe the entire story, so I will just skip to the ending... i.e. the good part! The king and the Prince of Norway (he comes in later because Ophelia had committed suicide and he blamed Hamlet for his daughter's death) and they poison Hamlets drink. He senses it and they duel. Hamlet kills his Uncle, and the Prince of Norway! But unfortunately his mother had also died. She drank Hamlet's poisoned drink unknowingly. Here's the sad part... Hamlet dies too. :-(
Over all this book was an incredible read. You just have to give it a chance and be open-minded to reading a different/unique piece of text. I would give this book 4.5 stars out 5.
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