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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's was Okay but I honestly think that the film adaptation of this book was better than the book.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book drags you into the world Shakespeare created all those years ago. From the view point of Ophelia you see what happened in Denmark. How must it have felt for her to have a lover gone mad? Why did she go mad herself?
I think this is a wonderful book.
I think this is a wonderful book.
Shoutout to Lisa Klein for combining two of my favourite things by including Ophelia reading the works of Marguerite de Valois ❤️
Read my review on my blog, Behind the Secret Bookshelf.
I loved loved loved this book. I loved seeing the story of Hamlet through Ophelia's eyes. I like the ending, the book ended peacefully but still leaves hints of the unknown of what little Hamlet's being born will lead to in the future and Ophelia and Horatio's relationship. Some people don't seem to like the last section of the book, but I think Ophelia becomes more of a woman and her own self in those pages, it shows her growth. She goes from a frightful, lost pregnant girl into a loving mother with wisdom and a profession.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I’ve only read one of Shakespeare’s plays (Romeo and Juliet), and yet I think this story of Ophelia has enough woe and angst to rival anything Shakespeare had written, including the original play.
I found the pace to be a bit slow toward the end, and I will admit for a while it lost me. However, I feel that the ending made up for that.
I’m not sure how I feel about Ophelia and Horatio’s interaction at the end, I did think early on in the book that I wouldn’t mind if there’s was some romance between them, but after her years of healing and everything she talked about at the convent it felt a bit at odds with who she would have been.
However, I am also sort of happy that her and Horatio ‘found each other’ at the end. I’m a little conflicted.
Overall though a brilliant retelling if the original story (which I must confess I have never actually read/seen), and I do believe that this book will take a spot as one of my favourites.
I found the pace to be a bit slow toward the end, and I will admit for a while it lost me. However, I feel that the ending made up for that.
I’m not sure how I feel about Ophelia and Horatio’s interaction at the end, I did think early on in the book that I wouldn’t mind if there’s was some romance between them, but after her years of healing and everything she talked about at the convent it felt a bit at odds with who she would have been.
However, I am also sort of happy that her and Horatio ‘found each other’ at the end. I’m a little conflicted.
Overall though a brilliant retelling if the original story (which I must confess I have never actually read/seen), and I do believe that this book will take a spot as one of my favourites.