Hamnet Book Reviews

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heartbreaking. i almost couldn’t finish as my eyes were blurry with tears. what a great novel.

I had to put it down. Then pick it again. I cannot think of any novel that affected me as much as Hamnet. There was a point, which those who have read i will identify, when I had to stop to consider the event, before continuing two days later. Agnes/Anne is drawn so richly that she is the equal to her famous (unnamed) husband. Horatio's “now cracks a noble heart…” although not expressed in the text could have been a eulogy for his beloved son.

JML. Beautifully written.

Disappointing. So much wordiness about nothing. After all the build up and endless detail I thought the book would go somewhere. But it didn’t.

Meh. I suppose some of my disappointment comes from expectations. This is just a novel. The language is good, but earthbound. The plot? If this was about the son of a glove maker in sixteenth century Britain but not Shakespeare, would anybody care? The author lets our fascination with Shakespeare do the heavy lifting.

A Masterpiece. Hamnet is a phenomenal story and a beautiful read. The author grabbed me from the first page to the last.

Beautiful. Beautiful story, beautiful writing. I couldn’t put it down

Sorry it ended.. I’m not a fan of historical fiction, but this was so much more. Highly recommended.

Such gorgeous, sweeping prose. As many good authors of historical fiction, Maggie anchors you in the place and time through the five senses. One of the most notable passages is the one that talks about how the Black Plague traveled to Shakespeare’s family— truly a journey. Looking forward to continuing to read her work. What a gorgeous book, from beginning to end.

Hamnet. Life is about loss. The difference between one who drowns and lives beyond grief is the ability to rise above the waves. Keeping oneself distracted with purposeful work helps the body to move forward. Always hopeful to one day be rejoined with our love ones we lost. This book ,with its beautiful language is a revelation and comfort to all who have lost a loved one . Thank you. Catherine M Schulte

Hamnet. A beautiful story by a gifted writer. Thank you. Never wanted it to end

HAMNET. Suspenseful, engaging, emotional, informative. A historical novel with some bite to it. Multi-faceted characters. Exquisite detail. Compelling mise-en-scène. I felt transported and didn’t want it to end. It inspired me to want to read more of the author’s work, and I appreciated the perspective of more than one character and the meticulous amount of research that the story represents. Vivid descriptions. The author recreated a world, and I fully embraced.

Unexpectedly awesome. I was surprised by how much I loved this

For fans of the Bard. A fiction, but a good one. The characters are well drawn, rounded and make the story engaging.

Shakespearean insight?. I enjoyed “Hamnet” very much. I could picture all the 17th Century life styles of country, small town and London. All the cultural, religious views and medical traditions, ignorance, and prejudices of the day. How the life and death of his own son could influence/inspire the creation of “Hamlet”.

Spellbinding, raw; tears at your very soul. I couldn’t put it down.. Maggie O’Farrell’s characterization of the Shakespeare family is gut wrenchingly authentic and beautifully told. Seamlessly moving through time and subplots, she tells this story of loss with such raw emotion, never holding back, letting the reader in on all of the family’s devastation. I was absolutely captivated.

Hamnet. Compelling story. Hard to put down.

A modern classic. Excellent from start to finish.

Amazing. Amazingly well written but so heartbreakingly sad.

No is quite as brilliantly amazing as Maggie. This book enraptured me from the start. The ability to draw in the reader inflicting the pain the joy the suffering the loss and grief as if it were their own. To build characters that have such substantial lives, leaving indelible imprints upon the reader long long after the book has ended leaving the reader with an unsettled melancholy for their old familiar kinships which profoundly evolved into remarkably dynamic and constructed beings whose lives were celebrated cherished and impacted those fortunate souls who had encountered them in the written words borne from the extraordinary exceptional imaginations of the writer.

Great writing. It’s not quick to read. But it’s a beautiful book. The characters came alive.

Hamnet. Excellent read!

This book will make you feel you are back in Shakespearean England. The interactions among different characters are very well done. The details about life in the 1500’s showed how many aspects of life were different and harder then, but human interactions have changed but little.

This novel is about the plague, not Shakespeare. Glowing superlative reviews portray this novel as s great work of fiction about Shakespeare’s roots. It is not. It is a poorly written novel about the spreading of the plague, and Hamnet is a minor character. Furthermore, it jumps from times and settings with no clarity as to where you are and what year. I fought through half the book and after reading a dozen pages about how infected fleas jumped from rats to humans, I gave up.

Recommend. Outstanding details and characters that meld with archetypes and Shakespeare and history. Pleasurable read and I want to reread it immediately.

Interesting. This was not as amazing as I’d read. It was an interesting premise, but overly dramatic to the point of being verbose and dull as it went on. Certainly a good writer, just not what it appears to be.

Good. Great technical execution and writing. Very solid ending. Middle can drag a bit if you don’t love family dramas

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