Romeos aftermath review torrent#

Romeos aftermath review torrent#

Roma and Juliette are 18 years old, having already had their torrent love affair at 14 that ended in a betrayal and forced Juliette to live in New York for four years before the book even began. The Scarlet Gang (Oblivionsdream on Instagram)

Many would have turned their noses up and left at the mention of “Romeo and Juliet.” But this story takes a wild spin and reimagines it in a diverse story that slightly spins the rules of the original play. If you’re still reading this, good for you. They are still star-crossed lovers, of course. “These Violent Delights” reimagines “Romeo and Juliet” in a fast-paced, darkly-twisted, story of a contagious illness, or “madness,” that tears through the streets of Shanghai that cause its citizens to tear out their own throats and forces Roma (Romeo) and Juliette (Juliet) to set aside their weapons and work together to get to the roots of the madness rampaging through both of their gangs and killing their members. Glittering Shanghai befalls bloody death in Chloe Gong’s debut novel “These Violent Delights.” Split in half between two powerful, feuding gangs, the city is run by the Capulet and Montague family equivalent of 1920s gangster Shanghai: the Cais and the Montagovs, respectively the Scarlets and the White Flowers gangs.