The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life

Name: The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Dani Jansen
ISBN: 9781772601978

Author: Dani Jansen

Narrator: Rebecca Auerbach

Unabridged: 7 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 06/10/2021

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Performing Arts, Romance, Lgbtq+

Synopsis

Alison Green, desperate Valedictorian-wannabe, agrees to produce her school’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. That’s her first big mistake. The second is accidentally saying yes to a date with her oldest friend, Jack, even though she’s crushing on Charlotte. Alison manages to stay positive, even when her best friend starts referring to the play as “Ye Olde Shakespearean Disaster.” Alison must cope with the misadventures that befall the play if she’s going to survive the year. She’ll also have to grapple with what it means to be “out” and what she might be willing to give up for love.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel

This book was honestly not the right thing for me because I don’t think I am the target audience. This book is said to be for young adult readers but honestly I would says it’s better for older side of middle school. Because this book really dramatizes what high school is like and how teens act. And......more

Goodreads review by its.me.the.bibliophile

**Thank you to NetGalley, the author, & the publisher for a chance to read & review an E-ARC of this novel!** This was a fun contemporary read with LGBTQIA+ representation as well as themes of challenging our own thoughts about success, expanding our comfort-zones, & being honest with those closest t......more

Goodreads review by Marjolein (UrlPhantomhive)

I was looking for some light escapism to read over the weekend - I have been feeling slightly reading slump-ish and I wanted to reverse it as soon as possible. Than I saw The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life popping up all over my feed, and remembering that I still had an ARC of it, I decided to quic......more

Goodreads review by Tessa

*My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for gifting me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review* ⭐⭐⭐ ! Very cute! The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life is a YA contemporary about a girl named Alison who so desperately wishes to end her high school career as Valedictorian. When she's roped into (......more