To Be or Not to Be: A Chooseable-Path Adventure

By Ryan North

Book Overview

From the bestelling author of Romeo and/or Juliet and How to Invent Everything , the greatest work in English literature, now in the greatest format of English literature: a chooseable-path adventure When Shakespeare wrote Hamlet he gave the world just one possible storyline, drawn from a constellation of billions of alternate narratives. And now you can correct that horrible mistake Play as Hamlet and avenge your father's death--with ruthless efficiency this time. Play as Ophelia and change the world with your scientific brilliance. Play as Hamlet's father and die on the first page, then investigate your own murder... as a ghost Featuring over 100 different endings, each illustrated by today's greatest artists, incredible side quests, fun puzzles, and a book-within-a-book instead of a play-within-a-play, To Be or Not To Be offers up new surprises and secrets every time you read it. You decide this all sounds extremely excellent, and that you will definitely purchase this book right away. Because as the Bard said: "to be or not to be... that is the adventure ." ...You're almost certain that's how it goes. To Be or Not To Be originally launched as a record-breaking Kickstarter project. This new, reader-friendly edition features the same text and illustrations as the original version, redesigned to take up half as many pages and weigh a whole pound less.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735212198
• ISBN13: 9780735212190
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Funny, Creative and Lots of Fun

Never tried a choose-your-own adventure book before but playing with this was a lot fun. Have enjoyed making various decisions as Hamlet, Ophelia, and Hamlet Sr. The prompts are very sassy and have a lot of different outcomes (you can also choose to follow the original plot and it's very easy to tell what option at each prompt is. Probably got a lot more options to go but great way to pass time

Jokes and Decisions

Enjoying the generally joking style of the writing (I chose a path that raised some interesting points about the original story, as well as some amusing moments. Looking forward to choosing another path!

Perfect!

What a great way to let Shakespeare 'sink in' ... we own this and the "Romeo and Juliet" version. My teens love them!!