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A review by shivani_n
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
tbh i found this book really boring and hard to follow. there were some nice quotes towards the end but i feel like i wasn’t able to fully understand the magnitude of agnes’s grief because i didn’t enjoy the first half of the book with hamnet at all. i read one of maggie o’farrell’s other books—the marriage portrait—and i didn’t like that one either. there’s just something about her writing style that puts me to sleep/shuts my brain off it’s just so dense 💀