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A review by alexasalwaysreading
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
5.0
“Every life has its kernel, its hub, its epicentre, from which everything flows out, to which everything returns.”
I'm not really sure to start with this one. As soon as I closed it, I wanted to flip the book back open and start reading it again.
It was one of the rare times I found myself reading the same sentence over and over because it was just that beautiful. It felt as though every sentence was worth an hour lingering on it, breathing it in, storing it in my heart.
I thought The Marriage Portrait was gorgeously written but Hamnet blows it out of the water. I don't think I've ever read something so beautiful, so deeply emotional and yet so easy to read.
This will be one of those books that I wish I could erase from my memory, just so I could read it again for the first time.
Not only were the plot and characters meticulously crafted and the time period captured in a timeless way, the emotion, the prose, really every element of this novel was perfection.
This is one of my new favorites, of all time. It is a masterclass in writing, something I will aspire to in my own work and also just a book and a story that I think anyone could enjoy.
So guys, please go read this! like right now!
“What is given may be taken away, at any time. Cruelty and devastation wait for you around corners, inside coffers, behind doors: they can leap out at you at any time, like a thief or brigand."
I'm not really sure to start with this one. As soon as I closed it, I wanted to flip the book back open and start reading it again.
It was one of the rare times I found myself reading the same sentence over and over because it was just that beautiful. It felt as though every sentence was worth an hour lingering on it, breathing it in, storing it in my heart.
I thought The Marriage Portrait was gorgeously written but Hamnet blows it out of the water. I don't think I've ever read something so beautiful, so deeply emotional and yet so easy to read.
This will be one of those books that I wish I could erase from my memory, just so I could read it again for the first time.
Not only were the plot and characters meticulously crafted and the time period captured in a timeless way, the emotion, the prose, really every element of this novel was perfection.
This is one of my new favorites, of all time. It is a masterclass in writing, something I will aspire to in my own work and also just a book and a story that I think anyone could enjoy.
So guys, please go read this! like right now!
“What is given may be taken away, at any time. Cruelty and devastation wait for you around corners, inside coffers, behind doors: they can leap out at you at any time, like a thief or brigand."