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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-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
Just incredible
This book is extremely well written. The prose was beautiful and the pace of it dragged you along like a current of a river
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death
I really enjoyed this book. A lot of the reviews on the cover say that it's a bright, shining book full of life, and while it is true that the characters are brought to life beautifully (my favourite of which being Agnes because 1. She was written so well and 2. Witch. That's cool.), it seemed to me like a book that weeps and mourns as much as it creates characters and life. The book is ultimately about death, and the death of a child. A lot of it is near infuriating, because as much as you know the ending, you don't want to know the ending, and the rest is like peeling an orange of sadness. Very nicely written sadness, though, so that's good. It is tough going at times, but worth a read.
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“He has, Agnes sees, done what any father would wish to do, to exchange his child’s suffering for his own, to take his place, to offer himself up in his child’s stead so that the boy might live.”
Me ha encantado, la forma en la que está escrito te atrapa y sientes no puedes despegarte del libro. Ha sido super interesante leer sobre las personas que Shakespeare dejó atrás, poniéndolas, por una vez, en el centro de la historia. Simplemente un 10 chicas.
Me ha encantado, la forma en la que está escrito te atrapa y sientes no puedes despegarte del libro. Ha sido super interesante leer sobre las personas que Shakespeare dejó atrás, poniéndolas, por una vez, en el centro de la historia. Simplemente un 10 chicas.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Prose is beautiful. Subject matter is tough. Grief over loss of a child is not something I will ever seek out. Made Shakespeare seem like a colossal twit.
this was a little slow going at times but the writing was just so lyrical and atmospheric and i enjoyed the non linear narrative structure, an absolutely gorgeous book.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
medium-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
I really enjoyed this, particularly the writing in the final third. Lovely idea for a novel to speculate this forgotten story and give voice to the women and kids of a family with such a significant patriarch.