From the very first page Romeo and/or Juliet is an exercise in hilarity. I can’t begin to imagine the amount of work that was required to put this book together, but the effort paid off. The best thing by far is that you make your own choices as you go, from the character you want to play to the path you want to take. Ryan North took the famous tale and explored its weaknesses, but he also added pretty much everything that crossed his mind, from ghosts and robots to naked, sword-wielding fathers. A classic it may be, but the word timeless doesn’t apply to this particular work, and the older I get, the more annoyed I am by Romeo and Juliet both. New York Times bestselling Romeo and/or Juliet is a choose your own adventure type of deal, a ridiculously entertaining take (or takes, since there are plenty of them) on a classic that’s pretty ridiculous in and of itself.
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