Notes on the Sonnets by Luke Kennard

Notes on the Sonnets

Luke Kennard

212 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Luke Kennard recasts Shakespeare's 154 sonnets as a series of anarchic prose poems set in the same joyless house party.A physicist explains dark matter in the kitchen. A crying man is consoled by a Sigmund Freud action figure. An out-of-hours doct...

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Community Reviews Summary of 39 reviews

Moods

reflective 83%
challenging 58%
emotional 58%
funny 58%
dark 33%
lighthearted 33%
mysterious 33%
sad 25%
hopeful 8%
tense 8%

Pace

medium 41%
slow 33%
fast 25%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 33% | N/A: 33% | Plot: 33%

Strong character development?

No: 33% | It's complicated: 33% | N/A: 33%

Loveable characters?

No: 33% | N/A: 33% | Yes: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

It's complicated: 50% | N/A: 50%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 50% | N/A: 50%

Average rating

4.04

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