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Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

280 reviews

gunnigal's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

If was a slow start, but halfway through got hooked and loved the writing style.

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jiao_li's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25


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livcashmere's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0


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himpersonal's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I think that if any of the emotional fiction is true, I might forgive Shakespeare a little for all the misogyny, xenophobia, and racism laced throughout his plays.

I get why he is treated without being named. Names are so important and have been used as symbolism by authors for centuries. In this book, he is the least important person, the least deserving of my attention, and if anything, kind of the villain. But he is also the same as many other man - philandering, self-centered, grieving, privileged, and oblivious to the patriarchy. And he is as absent to me as he was to his family.

Agnes was a well written character worthy of my empathy and respect.

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ashleyfayewall's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad tense
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5.0

Gorgeous. I wanted to read this so much slower but I couldn’t. Her writing is phenomenal.

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anushaaa's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was so heartbreakingly beautiful. I love historical fiction, and while this was more on the fictional side, the wrods felt, albeit, so real, and raw and full of emotion, as if I could reach through the page and touch these characters seperated decades apart. It represented love, grief, heartbreak and the complex experience it is to be human so well. 

She stretches out a hand, as if to acknowledge them, as if to feel the air between the three of them, as if wishing to pierce the boundary between audience and players, between real life and play.

And as the last book I'll ever borrow from the school library, I'm glad it was this one.

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mrlsdevos's review against another edition

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emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0


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famaali's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0


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lizziaha's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Finished this book and immediately started sobbing. The way that Maggie O’Farrell writes about grief is so exquisite and heartbreaking, yet I wish this book would’ve lasted forever. The language was beautiful and Agnes might just be the coolest person in all of literature. 

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thesistersread1's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0


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