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rubymatla's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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
4.25
emmaorp's review against another edition
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
book_kat34's review against another edition
5.0
Beautifully written. Beautiful story. Perfectly real. My new favorite author.
rosyzh's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
victoriafrost1991's review against another edition
5.0
I have Hamnet and Judith in an Audible book. Truly well written and the narrator was great. I like the interpretation of seeing how William Shakespeare's life was with his family was, his relationship with his wife and children. The end seemed odd. A bit rushed to be honest.
daed's review against another edition
5.0
Le doy una calificación totalmente subjetiva solo porque me enamoré de Agnes.
cnicolai's review against another edition
5.0
A heart-wrenching and beautiful story of love, loss and family. The author’s prose is unlike any other I have read as she seamlessly seesaws back and forth between a past and present narrative centering around Shakespeare’s wife and son. The fact that it is not meant to be taken as entirely historically accurate does not detract at all from the story, the characters will easily endearing themselves to you and the story will touch your heart.
sarahp85's review against another edition
5.0
Heartbreakingly beautiful. Now I've been to dramaschool, did a whole course on Shakespeare and love reading anything about him/his family, fiction or not.
This was not only beautiful and sad (I was close to tears honestly), but also... in a strange way kind of confronting to read in the Covid days we live in. How desease can spread fast and the effect it can have on families...
All in all, I highly recommend this book. 100% understand why this was Waterstones book of 2020 ❤
This was not only beautiful and sad (I was close to tears honestly), but also... in a strange way kind of confronting to read in the Covid days we live in. How desease can spread fast and the effect it can have on families...
All in all, I highly recommend this book. 100% understand why this was Waterstones book of 2020 ❤
maydas's review against another edition
4.0
Ben böyle boynu bükük kitaplara genelde elime almayı tercih etmem. Gündelik hayatta zaten stresliyiz, biraz kafam rahatlasın istiyorum (hence all those romance books I eat up). Konusu gereği, özellikle çocuğun ölecek olduğunu bilmek ilk 50 sayfayı karın ağrılarıyla okumama neden oldu. Ama o ilk 50 sayfadan sonra yazarın yazımında kayboldum gittim. Uzatılarak okunacak bir kitap değil. Başladıysan bir haftada bitirmek lazım. Kısa sürede bitirmeseydim 3 sene falan bu kitabı okumam gerekecekti, öyle bir kitap işte. Son kısımda da tahmin edileceği üzere çok güzel ağlattı. tşk Maggie O'Farrell.
18% “She grows up feeling wrong, out of place, too dark, too tall, too unruly, too opinionated, too silent, too strange. She grows up with the awareness that she is merely tolerated, an irritant, useless, that she does not deserve love, that she will need to change herself substantially, crush herself down if she is to be married. She grows up, too, with the memory of what it meant to be properly loved, for what you are, not what you ought to be.”
36% “At the word, she is aware of letting out a small noise, like the whimper of a dog. She leans her head into the plaster of the wall. She thinks: My daughter. She thinks: Those swellings. She thinks: This cannot be, I will not have it, I will not permit it.”
18% “She grows up feeling wrong, out of place, too dark, too tall, too unruly, too opinionated, too silent, too strange. She grows up with the awareness that she is merely tolerated, an irritant, useless, that she does not deserve love, that she will need to change herself substantially, crush herself down if she is to be married. She grows up, too, with the memory of what it meant to be properly loved, for what you are, not what you ought to be.”
36% “At the word, she is aware of letting out a small noise, like the whimper of a dog. She leans her head into the plaster of the wall. She thinks: My daughter. She thinks: Those swellings. She thinks: This cannot be, I will not have it, I will not permit it.”