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Hamnet am I the only reader who isn’t over the moon with it.

(28 Posts)
Mollygo Sat 06-Mar-21 07:20:52

Hamnet is on my to-be-read pile, so it’s good to hear 2 different views. I’ll move it to the top and see how it goes.
It’s true we all have different tastes though.
My most disappointing book from last year was Where the Crawdads Sing.
I persevered for over half the book, hoping I would soon be hooked but then gave up.

Sara1954 Sat 06-Mar-21 07:03:43

I loved it, was probably my favourite read of last year.

But I have been very disappointed in books which have been massively hyped, I found The Testaments very dull.

Just goes to show how different we all are.

Lovetopaint037 Sat 06-Mar-21 00:49:18

Can’t understand why I am three quarters the way through and I still find it disappointing. I love Shakespeare. I loved Bill Bryson’s book on Shakespeare and other things relating but I am finding the style painstaking, over elaborate. The minute detailing and descriptions would be fine in parts but it continues and continues. Hamnet’s death is terrible and heart breaking but I am just looking forward to the end. The reviews are wonderful so is it just me?