19.4k reviews for:

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

4.19 AVERAGE

carlacanning's review against another edition

4.0

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i really liked how descriptive this book was, i could imagine every little thing (but that also worked against it at times)
i found it really moving but also slightly repetitive. i like that she wrote this book just based off her own wonderings about Shakespeare and his son and Hamlet (which i really enjoyed in high school, tyvm)
i also liked that shakespeare was not the main character lol
solid read, probably not for everyone 3.75 upon finishing ILL BE BACK TO UPDATE IN 6 MONTHS MAYBE

andreapepsii's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Abandonment

Minor: Toxic relationship

loesje_listens's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad 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

agreco92's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jennafizzy's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective 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

saville's review against another edition

2.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Didn’t enjoy this - writing is quite weak and the story was missing something to really drive it forward. Only read it for the movie

kendrairene's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ambroseb's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

jannachai's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional 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: No

amycdrake's review against another edition

5.0

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Beautiful poetic and hauntingly devastating.