![]() ![]() Everything that seems unclear is explained in the older flashbacks. The bouncing back and forth between the two Guilettas is not confusing and the transition is smooth. While modern Guiletta’s life is in danger due to her quest to end the “curse on both your houses,” modern Romeo is hiding his identity behind a police officer out to deport Gulietta. Romeo is really Romeo Mariscotti, and the real-life history starts and ends with death.įortier’s story bounces between the real life modern Gulietta carrying on her mothers research in Italy and the first Gulietta, living out a much starker reality than Shakespeare portrayed. Fortier’ Juliet is actually Guiletta Tolomei, the original, real-life “Juliet”. This novel is true to the original message – that infatuation, life and death all appear hand in hand (especially in the 1300s). What many people who have not read the story don’t understand is that even the original story wasn’t completely “lovey-dovey.” Even Shakespeare’s version has six deaths in three days. There isn’t any pining, over-emotional love that people would normally assume comes standard with anything related to Romeo and Juliet. Anne Fortier’s “Juliet” is a mix of genres that kept me interested until the end. ![]()
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