Do you like Shakespeare but feel his texts are lacking a certain something in their relevance to the modern world?
If so, why not try this: a series of the Bard's greatest works re-told using... emoji!
In fact, the OMG Shakespeare series, published by Penguin Random House US, re-tells four iconic plays using not just emoji but SMS and email, as well as various other 2015-style communication methods.
The books are trying to explain the plot to younger readers and act as handy primers on what's going on throughout the plays.
Inevitably, the Daily Mail found an academic who described the books as "absolutely disastrous".
But are they any good? We read YOLO Juliet to find out.
Firstly, there's a handy "who's who" guide at the start that tells you which emoji represents which character.
People don't just use emojis, they check in to places and, apparently, send emails.
People say things like "WTF" just like they didn't in 1300s Verona.
The drama of the balcony scene is somewhat diminished by the appearance of a voice memo.
And this is Juliet's balcony soliloquy, some of the most famous lines in English literature – with added emoji.
In this version, the star-crossed lovers' romance is hindered by an autocorrect fail.
The the plot thickens...
Then tragedy strikes.
And that's the end of that.
Michelle Nagler, associate publishing director at Random House Children’s Books, told BuzzFeed News:
"YOLO JULIET and SRSLY HAMLET in no way replace the classics (what could?), but they do make you think about how we communicate today by presenting an ironic contrast of emoji and text-messaging with the lyrical and nuanced language of Shakespeare.
"Shakespeare was an absolute master of satire, wit, even bawdy and lewd humor, and this series in many ways is a social satire about modern language."