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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
i was lent this after raving about the marriage portrait and being told i absolutely had to read it. i’ll be totally honest, the beginning was hard work. sometimes it was me zoning out during long descriptions, sometimes i think it was the book.
but looking back, i actually think agnes was written to be deliberately jarring at first and we see her as others did: strange, unsettling, hard to grasp. and then the second half hits and it’s devastating. all the earlier distance makes the grief even more powerful, and i felt so guilty for having judged her.
it’s both sad and beautiful (i cried more than once) and i loved how it reframed the origins of hamlet through a woman’s perspective that history mostly overlooked.
a slower start than the marriage portrait, but so worth sticking with!
3,5 sterren
Mooi verhaal, maar het duurde tot ongeveer halverwege voordat ik er echt inkwam...
Mooi verhaal, maar het duurde tot ongeveer halverwege voordat ik er echt inkwam...
emotional
medium-paced
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
No
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Incredibly insightful look at motherhood. Agnes provides a wonderful different into life in late 1500s. Wish I knew remembered more about Hamlet storyline and how Hamnet’s death is portrayed in the play.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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:
No
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced