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    Romeo's Ex: Rosalind's Story

    By Lisa Fiedler

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    Shakespeare's classic retold from another perspective

    Rosaline won't let anyone or anything get in the way of her future as a healer. That is, until she meets Benvolio. Where Romeo's words had been hollow and unfounded, Benvolio's are filled with sincerity and true love. Now Rosaline finds herself caught between her feelings, her ambition, and her family's long-standing feud with the Montagues.

    When Romeo turns his affections toward Ros's cousin, Juliet, their relationship brings the feud of the two houses to a new level. Rosaline and Benvolio hatch a plan to bring peace to the two families. But will they succeed?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateSep 19, 2006
    ISBN9781466823617
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    Lisa Fiedler

    Lisa Fiedler is the author of many novels for children and young adults. She divides her time between Connecticut and the Rhode Island seashore, where she lives happily with her very patient husband, her brilliant and beloved daughter, and their two incredibly spoiled golden retrievers.

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    • 5/5
      Rosaline was not who I expected her to be. I thought this would be about a girl who falls in love end of story, but this book surprised me and showed me an independent girl who will do what ever she can to help others. Rosaline is adventurous, sassy, and independent. I also love how the author includes parts of the play within the book.
    • 4/5
      I really liked this book, because it took Shakespeare and all of his charmingly impossible writing (which I have never been able to hack through) and gave it a nice twist. Unfortunately too many of the "oh no, they're not dead!" parts, but our dear heroine even recognizes this humorously at one point, so it is far improved.
    • 3/5
      There was a lot of good things about this book. The author merged her plot fairly well with Shakespeare's and used just enough Elizabethan language to give the book flavour. However, I thought the messages about love and maturity were pounded into the reader. I also thought the ending was overly preachy. The modern day sensibilities superimposed on this time period often didn't gel as well.
    • 4/5
      As long as you don't take it too seriously, it's a very enjoyable book. Lisa Fiedler does an admirable job of keeping true to the original story while still making the characters her own, but their stupidity, even Rosaline's, is pretty impressive, which makes my character-driven side irritated. But I really did like Benvolio, and Rosaline did get some sense near the end.I really wanted to adore this book, but it ended up just being mediocre. I somehow got the image in my head of Rosaline being an evil mastermind, and so was disappointed when she wasn't even Romeo's Ex.
    • 1/5
      * Hardcover: 256 pages * Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); 1st edition (September 19, 2006) * ISBN-10: 0805075003 * Author: Lisa Fiedler * Cover art: Love the cover art. * Overall rating * out of 5 stars * Obtained: My personal book shelf.Romeo's Ex by Lisa FiedlerReviewed by Moirae the fates book reviewsRosaline won't let anyone or anything get in the way of her future as a healer. That is, until she meets Benvolio. Where Romeo's words had been hollow and unfounded, Benvolio's are filled with sincerity and true love. Now Rosaline finds herself caught between her feelings, her ambition, and her family's long-standing feud with the Montagues.When Romeo turns his affections toward Ros's cousin, Juliet, their relationship brings the feud of the two houses to a new level. Rosaline and Benvolio hatch a plan to bring peace to the two families. But will they succeed? (Synopsis provided by goodreads)Okay so I wanted to love this book. I really enjoy re-tellings of Shakespeare, myths and fairytales, if they are done well. For me, this book fell flat. I felt that the author was trying too hard to sound Shakespearean. There was a massive over abundance of words like "thee", "thou" and "doth". This was mixed in with more modern day writing as well. I found myself unable to enjoy the story I was wanting the book to pick a style of writing and stay in it.I felt like the author disliked the original story and felt that Rosaline got the shaft in the original text and wanted to change her story. That's all nice and fine, but please don't make it clear how much you seem to dislike the original story. That takes away from your book.I found myself skimming parts just to get to the end so I could move on to the next book in my pile. I also found myself rolling my eyes everytime actual lines from the play were in placed in the text, they were always italicized. The book ridiculously simple and felt like Fiedler was "dumbing" down the story for the reader. Most readers are smart enough to know what's going on thank you.The story also felt very preachy saying how Romeo and Juliet hardly knew each other. Yes, this is true, in the play they only knew each other for a few days.I could go on, but that would lead to spoilers, so instead all I'll say is there were some ideas brought up in the book that are ludicrous for a book set in 1595.Sadly, the only thing I liked was the cover art.If you are looking for a good re-telling I'd recommend Michelle Ray's Falling for Hamlet or Suzanne Selfors Saving Juliet. They are some of the best I have read.
    • 4/5
      Referencing to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet with direct quotes from the play, the story unfolds from the perspective of different characters. The novel, Romeo's Ex: Rosaline's Story by Lisa Fiedler, ecompasses the theme that love can happen to anyone and everyone, even the most unwilling. In the beginning, Rosaline, Juliet's compassionate and decisive cousin, aspires to become a healer, despite society's expectation of her, and . Throughout the middle, as she struggles to keep up with all the loss and drama unfolding around her, she falls deeper in love with Benvolio. (200/246)
    • 4/5
      There was a sharp sweetness to this story, possibly because the ending of Juliet's romance is so well known. This telling from Rosalind's point of view gave me new insight into why Juliet may have acted as she did. I didn't find the boy's points of view as compelling, and Tybalt's ghostly lurking felt a bit forced. But I enjoyed Rosalind's voice a lot.