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ISSN JSTOR William Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet. Beethoven's String Quartet No. Fury of Johnny Kid Ma che musica maestro But the dialogue. Oh, the dialogue! Some of it is fine, but there are places where it's just painful.
I found myself wondering a few times whether there were spots where some cutting-and-pasting had been done, and no one had checked to see if the revisions still made sense. More than once, a character would start a paragraph of dialogue mentioning a specific idea, then express a bunch more thoughts that veered away from that first point; then, when the next character responded, they'd start by responding to that very first point from several minutes before.
That's not how people talk! Conversations flow because we pick up the last threads of a conversation; we don't jump back to what was said several minutes ago and carry on from there as though the other person stopped talking after they said the thing we want to react to. If this had happened once, I would have moved on from it; but it happened several times, making it clear that this was a stylistic choice. And that was just one of the problems with the dialogue.
There were so many instances of the conversations just sounding wooden and unnatural. I actually found myself groaning at the final lines of the book because the dialogue was that painful.
Now, I do have to admit that I found myself reading rather anxiously toward the end of the book as the resolution approached; it was unclear how closely Draper was going to stick to the original storyline, and she very effectively created some tension with the plotting and pacing even if it was undercut by the stiffness of the interactions between the characters. This book would provide a good study in how to keep the tension high as the climax approaches.
Unfortunately, this moment of well-constructed execution does not make up for the other problems that plague this story. And I only got to that part of the story because I forced myself to keep going so I could say I finished the book.
I have a stack of other books I'm looking forward to, and it was a struggle to not just toss this one aside. Still, I'm glad I didn't give up on it; at the very least, I have now expanded my Romeo and Juliet "cover-band" knowledge a bit more. And, truth be told, this book reminds me a bit of the monster movies I loved as a kid: the bad parts are sort of entertaining in their badness, and the good parts are just frequent enough to make it worth sitting through - once.
Dec 17, Sofia Urquilla rated it really liked it. It was a really good book. I really liked it. Oct 19, Zoediac rated it did not like it. This is the one adaptation of Romeo and Juliette where I wish they had died at the end. Apr 04, James Caisse rated it it was amazing.
Best retelling of Romeo and Juliet. Aug 30, CJ added it. This book's adventurous plot had me turning pages to the end. Aug 30, Darby H added it. I liked how this book switched between the POVs of different characters. Aug 30, Baye rated it really liked it. If you like romance, tragedy, and overcoming obstacles you would like this book. Mar 28, Gracelynn Childress rated it it was amazing.
Great Book. Nov 11, Kayla Manderville rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Everyone. Romiette and Julio is one of the best books for teens everywhere to read! The book is based on Shakespeare's classic play, Romeo and Juliet with a more urban twist. The story is about two teens Romiette Cappelle, a 16 year old African-American girl who loves her city of Cincinnati and has a strong fear of water and Julio Montague, a 16 year old Hispanic boy who would rather die then to continue to live in the likes of Cincinnati and return to his home in Texas.
However they meet in an online cha Romiette and Julio is one of the best books for teens everywhere to read! However they meet in an online chat room just like any other teen does now a days, but Romiette's best friend Destiny is not sold! She warns Romi that she might get catfished or Julio might be some old guy like on Dateline waiting for his time to prowl. Not only does Destiny have her doubts about the situation but so does Julio's father.
After having bad experiences with black people, Julio's father is completely against any form of communication between Romiette and Julio. Family drama with teen love on the line, now I am interested in reading Romeo and Juliet seriously this time around. As the spark between Romi and Julio continues to grow, a black gang called the Devildogs are not as excited about their budding love as I am.
They continue to hassle Romiette and Julio and try to threaten them into not seeing each other because Julio is not black. As an attempt to solve their gang related dispute, Romiette, Julio, Destiny, and Julio's friend Ben, a kid with a bright personality and colorful bight hair to match, decides to catch the Devildogs harassing them all on camera to share with the news. However, everything about their plan goes wrong and Julio and Romiette end up getting kidnapped by the Devildogs. When their parents find out that their children are missing, immediately Mr.
Montague and Mr. Cappelle blame the others child for the mess that they are in. However, it was up to the mothers to mediate the situation and prove that no one is to blame. While searching for Romiette and Julio, the cops refereed to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to see if they in fact killed themselves because of their forbidden love just like in the story but was soon denied when they found the Devildogs and evidence that Romiette and Julio were thrown in the trunk of their car.
After searching for a long day, they found out that Julio and Romiette were sent down the Cincinnati river and fearful they might have drowned because of Romiette's apparent fear of water.
Have been searching for two long gruesome days, while looking in the forest where Julio and Romi might be, Mr. Cappelle where sitting on a log talking about the situation and apologizing for everything said until they saw a shirt sticking out from under the log.
Out of great belief that they found their kids, they throw the log up and saw their children laying next to each other unconscious and cold. When taken to the doctors, it was found out that if they were not together huddled for warmth, they most likely would have died due to hypothermia.
All goes to show that no matter where you find love, who it is with, and how many people do not support you, love will always prevail. Jan 07, Aja added it. This book is based on an African-American and a Texan-American. And the trials and tribulations that they have to go through to show there true love for one another. The way they met is similar to the way my boyfriend and I met in real life, over the intern The book I recently read is Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper.
The way they met is similar to the way my boyfriend and I met in real life, over the internet. He was on a teen chat room trash talking Cincinnati after his parents forced him to move there do to his problem with gangs in his other school. This book had me captivated from the moment I picked it up to the moment I put it down in all reality I have read this book at least 5 times but the last time I read it was early and missed reading it.
This is my all time favorite book ever and I would definitely recommended it to anyone actually if you like reading realistic fiction books then your going to love reading this book. This book can teach people a lot and the one thing that I learned which is extremely sad is that bullys and gangs there going to be around for a long time and frankly I do not think there is anything that anyone can do about it. A lot of brave people put there life at risk each and every day and try to stop all of this violence from happening in the streets that way hopefully you might not have to pick up your life and move millions of miles out of state because you are scared for the well being of you and your family.
Out of all the books, I have read this month this has to be the best one. Well, in this book called Romiette and Julio, by Shron M. Draper,the main character, Romiette had the same feeling toward julio, a new transfer student from texas, when she first met him. Romiette has a nightmare about fire and water and hears this strange voice of a person right before meeting julio for the first time.
I recommend this book, because it has a big great twist at the end, so you have to read till the end. Its very intersting and fun to read. For example, as Rommiete and Julio starting talking a lot at lunch, but they soon find out that not everyone likes them begin together. It was totally not beacause of that. It was cause the "Devildogs" thinks that Julio is in a gang from Texas that were their opponent. Also not only that, their are bigger twists but i don't wanna spoil the whole book for the people who are intersted.
In both the book and the play,the characters fall in love but people around them doesn't want them to be. So, they come up with a crazy plan and have a big twist at the end. Some people might not like this book because the story line is kind of a same as Shakespeare's play but in the modern times. For most people I think they don't like reading the same kind of books that they have already read.
One thing for sure is that the ending of this book and the Shakesphere's play is totally different. I totally recommend this book if you are really really into Shakespeare's play, and because it's very fun and interesting to read, like i have mention earlier.
If you haven't read this, you should definitely check this book out. Unlike other teenagers Romeitte is very satisfy with her own life except there is one thing that trouble her the most. A terrifying dream where there is a unknow voice that keeps on calling her," Romiette! It is this voice that jerk her mind back to conscious from drowning. Meanwhile Julio Mantague is also a sixteen year old Hispanic teenager who just move to Cincinatti with his parents due to the presence of heavy gangs at his previous school.
Julio was force to attend a local high school which he thinks that his life couldn't getting any worse than that when he was already targeted by the gangs on the first day of school. By the coincidence of online chatting, two young teenager's life are intercepted.
As love sprung between these two youth, what is waiting ahead for them to face? If you like romance literature or novels that are written by Shakespear, this is the book you can not miss. Draper, the author uses the problem of racism to underdevelope the conflicts and romance between two helpless teenagers. This book also enlarged the hideous facts within the teenagers society that was hidden from the adults world and made us see things from different prospective.
As you read along the book you definitly will be attract to it by the curiousity of whether or not the new version of Romeo and Juliet would follow the path of Shakespear's literature at the end? Well, read for yourself to find out. Apr 07, Rhayna rated it it was ok. This book reflects on the Romeo And Juliet story. Its just like the movie and the book. Julio and Romiette have fallen in love and can't be together because of the rivalry between violent gang members. Like in the actual book when Romeo and Juliet try to escape in this book they try and do the same thing.
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