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Shakespeare for Squirrels by Christopher Moore
4.0

I am an enormous Christopher Moore fan, so nothing he writes will disappoint me. I admit, however, that I enjoy his quirky completely original books such as his vampire trilogy more than I do those that retell familiar stories from a different point of view.

Shakespeare for Squirrels is an inventive retelling of Midsummer Night's Dream, focusing on the fairies, the goblins and narrated by Pocket, who appeared before in Moore's book, Fool. The book is, as expected, very funny and bawdy, and sometimes sweet. I did find it, however, quite confusing in places. Of course, all ends (mostly) happily, particularly for the fairies and goblins.