My Goodreads assignment

[Ollie]

I read The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare. The plot begins with Egeon a man in Ephesus who is looking for his long lost wife and two of his four sons, who are each twins but not to each other (It's confusing). He is sentenced to death, however, before his execution he tells a duke his story, it makes the duke sad and Egeon is given time to raise money for his bail. Meanwhile his two sons, one of which is a slave, are looking for the two long lost brothers, soon enough they make contact but are unaware of the situation. This is where it gets confusing. Without spoiling to much the rest of the story is based around the search for both family and the money necessary to save Egeon. The main characters of the book are, Dormio of Syracuse, Dormio of Ephesus, Antipholus of Syracuse, Abbess, and, Egeon, the whole messed up family. The main characters had a lot of feuds due to the confusing nature of their situation, not to mention the issue of gathering money to save Egeon. The characters certainly go on forms of adventures, however, these adventures are anything but traditional, it's a comedy, not a grand quest to save the Princess. I guess the journey that takes place before the story is the most "Adventurous" but I think that what happens during the story, while not inherently heroic, is something of an adventure itself. I couldn't pick just one character, because this story is about pairs and of those my favorite two are the twin Dormios. The primary reason I like them is because I pity them, they go through some pretty sucky stuff because one, they are slaves, and two, they are just flat out unlucky.
While I can't directly relate to the main characters, I can totally relate with the sense of confusion they experienced. In fact, confusion is what drives the plot a majority of my time. Especially when I was little, I could relate to the feeling of being lost in intersecting and contradictory thoughts. When I was little, I thought that the Uvula was the thing that sent food and drink on way or the other.
Overall, I did enjoy the book, but not a lot. I liked the situation, it was very clever and lead to some... interesting instances, however, I feel like more could have been done with it. There is also the fact that Shakespeare wrote it, I totally respect the guy but I don't enjoy reading his material a whole lot. In spite of all this I think the comedic nature of the book elevated it to a good level. I would rate this book 3/5 stars.
I'm sure that there are people who would like the book a lot more than a did (And vice versa). If you are a fan of Shakespeare and you haven't read this, definitely give it a try. I think that it does tell a great story that can have hilarious results, but if you are not a big fan of Shakespeare, I would probably steer clear of this book.
I read 100% of this book.