The Two Gentlemen of Verona was a fairly fast, easy read, and I think part of that was because the plot, language, and themes aren't nearly as advanced or mature as some of Shakespeare's other works. I did some brief research on the play and discovered that many critics are in alignment with my thoughts -- this is one of his weaker plays.
I remember a friend of mine performing one of Julia's monologue from this show at a theater camp I attended one summer in high school. As I read the lines in the play, I could still hear her voice and see her performance in my mind:
"O hateful hands, to tear such loving words!
Injurious wasps, to feed on such sweet honey,
And kill the bees, that yield it, with your stings!
I'll kiss each several paper for amends.
Look, here is writ — kind Julia. — Unkind Julia!"
Another quotation I enjoyed, this time from Valentine:
"That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man,
If with his tongue he cannot win a woman."
Next up: very likely another history play
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