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Interred with Their Bones
by Jennifer Lee Carrell
A slap dash between Indiana Jones and the Da Vinci Code is what comes about in the search for Shakespeare in this novel. Unfortunately, this novel only attempted to replicate these other adventures and fell short in various ways.
Kate Stanley is directing her debut of Hamlet at the Globe Theater in London. The fire that destroyed it four centuries before is replicated and sets into motion a journey to find the truth for Kate. Upon finding her former teacher and mentor dead in the burned remains of the Globe, Kate comes into contact with her nephew, Ben, and together they seek out the mystery that was placed upon Kate. Did Shakespeare actually write his plays or was it another? Traveling from London, to Arizona, and others in between, Kate and Ben desperately try to thwart a murderer and solve the mystery before anyone else can. This novel was slightly exhausting not because of all the action packed adventure, but because of all that it tried to shove into a single story line. It attempted to include nearly every conspiracy theory about Shakespeare into a single entity and then diverted to a newly revealed one that tied the characters to it. It was just all very far fetched and it got to be a bit much about half way through when I began to lose track of where they were going. They moved back and forth between whole continents within hours or days. There was just too much traveling and having to keep track of things. Perhaps if the action sequences were more clearly written, I would have followed better, but I often found myself lost in the actions and not sure where each character was at certain points. It was an interesting concept at first, figure out the mystery before the killer gets to you, but it was so much after a while. And while I liked the small flash backs to Shakespeare's time, the snips were vague and didn't really progress much. Perhaps it there had been more of them, to flush out what exactly Kate and Ben were seeking, then they would have made more sense.
While I am a great fan of Shakespeare and I love a good conspiracy theory, the attempt to include so much in this novel was off putting. It was too much, redundant in several phrases, and had flat characters. Sometimes the best adventures are simple.
Kate Stanley is directing her debut of Hamlet at the Globe Theater in London. The fire that destroyed it four centuries before is replicated and sets into motion a journey to find the truth for Kate. Upon finding her former teacher and mentor dead in the burned remains of the Globe, Kate comes into contact with her nephew, Ben, and together they seek out the mystery that was placed upon Kate. Did Shakespeare actually write his plays or was it another? Traveling from London, to Arizona, and others in between, Kate and Ben desperately try to thwart a murderer and solve the mystery before anyone else can. This novel was slightly exhausting not because of all the action packed adventure, but because of all that it tried to shove into a single story line. It attempted to include nearly every conspiracy theory about Shakespeare into a single entity and then diverted to a newly revealed one that tied the characters to it. It was just all very far fetched and it got to be a bit much about half way through when I began to lose track of where they were going. They moved back and forth between whole continents within hours or days. There was just too much traveling and having to keep track of things. Perhaps if the action sequences were more clearly written, I would have followed better, but I often found myself lost in the actions and not sure where each character was at certain points. It was an interesting concept at first, figure out the mystery before the killer gets to you, but it was so much after a while. And while I liked the small flash backs to Shakespeare's time, the snips were vague and didn't really progress much. Perhaps it there had been more of them, to flush out what exactly Kate and Ben were seeking, then they would have made more sense.
While I am a great fan of Shakespeare and I love a good conspiracy theory, the attempt to include so much in this novel was off putting. It was too much, redundant in several phrases, and had flat characters. Sometimes the best adventures are simple.