Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Author: William Shakespeare
Genre: Classics; Plays; Fiction; Drama; Fantasy; Romance; Literature; Theatre; Poetry
Goodreads Rating: 3.94/5 stars
My Rating: 3.5/5 stars
Pages: 280 (Paperback)
Publisher: Barnes and Noble Shakespeare
Published: July 26, 2007 (Original publication: 1595)
Summary: Shakespeare’s hilarious though often unnerving story of desire, confusion, and magic has delighted audiences for 400 years.
'The course of true love never did run smooth."
This was a reread for me. I read A Midsummer Night's Dream, for the first time, as a freshman in high school, so it's been a while. At one point, A Midsummer Night's Dream was my favorite play by Shakespeare, but as you get older and read more, your tastes and standards change - as they should. That being said, A Midsummer Night's Dream doesn't fall into my standards for a "favorite" book, anymore. I still enjoy it, but I'm not in love with it.
It kept my interest, but I wasn't riveted. I was more amused and baffled at Shakespeare's depiction of love being a desperate bargain. Although, this depiction does bring attention to a fact that is pervasive in all modern romantic relationships, whether a couple will admit it or not: one person always loves the other person a bit more or a bit "better" than the other will - without intending to. This isn't malicious, it's just a reality of the (human) love. And, Shakespeare's literature does a wonderful job of detailing the human experience, as well as human nature when it comes to love and the whole spectrum of emotions.
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