William Shakespeare's Much Ado about Mean Girls

If you like Mean Girls, this is a fast and funny read. I’m glad they included many of the most iconic lines from the movie and were able to Shakespeare-ify them!

As a lover of Mean Girls (more so the musical than the film, though I did grow up watching the film) and an intense lover of Shakespeare, this was right up my alley. A quick and easy read but thoroughly entertaining, especially if you know the film frame by frame. It was so interesting to see how the author translated Mean Girls to classic Shakespearian text, I also enjoyed the references to some of my favorite Shakespeare plays (especially Regina saying "If I be waspish, best beware my sting" a personal favorite quote of mine) as well as how each of the female characters embodied one of Shakespeare's female characters. If you enjoy Mean Girls and Shakespeare take a little time to read this, you'll be entertained.

I loved it. I had never seen the movie or read the books the movie used for source material (though I think It was originally based on Shakespeare?) but it was very enjoyable. The Shakespearean English was harder for me to follow in this one, but it had some choice insults. I loved some of the quotes and found myself laughing out loud. I think I've aged out of the movie target audience but this was very refreshing after some bad books!