Reviews

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

jimbo1023's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

brookeunderthebridge's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

iwantjesstoannotateabookforme's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

clarij's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

benstock88's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.25

vctoriaj's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I loved it. The characters were all so believable 

christenw79's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

harrimyers's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lifeinsherds's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

I really liked "Hamnet", the only thing that I didn't love was the constant changing time jumps. While some of them were emotionally heavy, I sometimes had to remind myself what had happened last time we switched times. I had a difficult time keeping track of some names in the middle. I think the beginning of the book, until a POV switch and the last hundred or so pages are the best.

I would definitely recommend it to someone who was interested or familiar with Shakespeare.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Child abuse

lindaixchel's review against another edition

emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0