A Midsummer Night's Scream : Hamlet II

Rating:
Summary: Pretty Good! And Much Better Than Hamlet II
Review: Ok, I picked this book up expecting a fairly stupid, quick read, and I ended up very pleasantly suprised. While Hamlet II was just a stupid slasher book that tried to modernize the original Hamlet story, this actually feels like more of a follow up to Midsummers Night's Dream. Yes, there are some similar plot points, but over all it feels more like a continuation, which Hamlet II never actually felt like. Also this book is much more readable, and accesible, than Hamlet II for many reasons. One, it has more of a sense of humor. The characters are a lot easier to take, ..., and the swearing is toned down a great deal. There is still violence, but not anywhere as grusome as Hamlet II. While I love gore as much as the next person I do have to say it felt out of place in a book that looked as if it was being written for a YA audience. This deffinatly feels more like a good YA book than Hamlet II. And why am I comparing this to Hamlet II the whole time. Well, because Hamlet II is the first book in the Bard's Blood series, and this is the second. Oh, and unlike Hamlet II, this has a happy, although somewhat twisted, ending. Deffinatly a good, quick read. The main reason I lowered the grade down from a five to a four is because of several spelling or grammer errors in the book. Stuff like this should be caught before the book is published, but none of the errors REALLY stand out, and over all... I highly recomend this book.

Rating:
Summary: Pretty Good! And Much Better Than Hamlet II
Review: Ok, I picked this book up expecting a fairly stupid, quick read, and I ended up very pleasantly suprised. While Hamlet II was just a stupid slasher book that tried to modernize the original Hamlet story, this actually feels like more of a follow up to Midsummers Night's Dream. Yes, there are some similar plot points, but over all it feels more like a continuation, which Hamlet II never actually felt like. Also this book is much more readable, and accesible, than Hamlet II for many reasons. One, it has more of a sense of humor. The characters are a lot easier to take, ..., and the swearing is toned down a great deal. There is still violence, but not anywhere as grusome as Hamlet II. While I love gore as much as the next person I do have to say it felt out of place in a book that looked as if it was being written for a YA audience. This deffinatly feels more like a good YA book than Hamlet II. And why am I comparing this to Hamlet II the whole time. Well, because Hamlet II is the first book in the Bard's Blood series, and this is the second. Oh, and unlike Hamlet II, this has a happy, although somewhat twisted, ending. Deffinatly a good, quick read. The main reason I lowered the grade down from a five to a four is because of several spelling or grammer errors in the book. Stuff like this should be caught before the book is published, but none of the errors REALLY stand out, and over all... I highly recomend this book.

Rating:
Summary: Avoid Cotton Candy
Review: This second volume of Bard's Blood (sequel's to some of Shakespeare's classics) is quite different from the first (Hamlet II). But then the first was based on a tragedy while this was based on a comedy.

Love is in the air at Globe University (and so are glowing orange fireballs). But not all the love is reciprocal. Then there is the spooky carnival that just moved in. To make matters worse, the wacky professor of a sexuality course has paired up the students into difficult couples and assigned then to a parenting exercise at the carnival.

At the carnival, it may not be Hell that breaks loose, but there are definitely some very strange goings on. And what are all these strange creatures?

To learn more and how it all relates to the original classic, you will have to read more. Warning, although this is not a tragedy, there is a body count and some gruesome scenes (but you probably expected that from the stereotypical teen-horror cover).

Rating:
Summary: Avoid Cotton Candy
Review: This second volume of Bard's Blood (sequel's to some of Shakespeare's classics) is quite different from the first (Hamlet II). But then the first was based on a tragedy while this was based on a comedy.

Love is in the air at Globe University (and so are glowing orange fireballs). But not all the love is reciprocal. Then there is the spooky carnival that just moved in. To make matters worse, the wacky professor of a sexuality course has paired up the students into difficult couples and assigned then to a parenting exercise at the carnival.

At the carnival, it may not be Hell that breaks loose, but there are definitely some very strange goings on. And what are all these strange creatures?

To learn more and how it all relates to the original classic, you will have to read more. Warning, although this is not a tragedy, there is a body count and some gruesome scenes (but you probably expected that from the stereotypical teen-horror cover).