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Hamnet
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[4.5] Reading Hamnet was for me an intense, transportive experience. There is an immediacy to the writing and setting - I kept thinking - so this is what life felt like in the late 1500s! Each sentence is threaded so gorgeously that sometimes I felt saturated, needing to come up for air. O'Farrell pulled me in to the world of Agnes and her love and grief and I am still partly there.
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December 14, 2019
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December 14, 2019
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September 6, 2020
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September 8, 2020
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September 8, 2020
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Fantastic review, Lisa. Sounds intense, but great. O'Farrell has never let me down. . On my tbr.....
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A beautiful review, Lisa! I'm glad you enjoyed this so much.
Love your review. O'Farrell does an excellent job of communicating the grief parents feel when they lose a child. Very emotional.
I thought this was a terrific piece of writing considering the lack of factual information of the characters.
Jenna wrote: "A beautiful review, Lisa! I'm glad you enjoyed this so much." Thanks Jenna.
Kathleen wrote: "Love your review. O'Farrell does an excellent job of communicating the grief parents feel when they lose a child. Very emotional." Thanks Kathleen, glad we both enjoyed!
Judith wrote: "I thought this was a terrific piece of writing considering the lack of factual information of the characters." Thanks Judith, glad you loved it also.
Beautiful review, Lisa. Being transported somewhere else is one of the best things about reading.
Wonderful review, Lisa. It's a great feeling when the author draws you right into a story like this :)
Beautiful review, Lisa - feeling saturated, needing to come up for air. I felt that way with other O’Farrell books, but this one lost me in the middle. I may want to try again...
Bianca wrote: "Beautiful review, Lisa. Being transported somewhere else is one of the best things about reading." Thanks Bianca - it is so great when that happens.
Jennifer wrote: "Beautiful review, Lisa - feeling saturated, needing to come up for air. I felt that way with other O’Farrell books, but this one lost me in the middle. I may want to try again..." I can see that - this one does require a certain mindset...
Candi wrote: "Wonderful review, Lisa. It's a great feeling when the author draws you right into a story like this :)" Thanks Candi.
Dianne wrote: "What a lovely review, Lisa." Thanks Dianne.
I felt the same way, Lisa. It was a transformative read. I was completely immersed in the time period.
Diane wrote: "I felt the same way, Lisa. It was a transformative read. I was completely immersed in the time period." Yes, transformative says it!
This is in my queue and I'm looking forward to it. Reading your review I might bump it up the list a bit.
Lisa wrote: "Great review, Lisa." Thanks Lisa
Beth wrote: "This is in my queue and I'm looking forward to it. Reading your review I might bump it up the list a bit." I look forward to your thoughts!
Powerful little review; really get the idea of how immersive the story was for you. I liked this book a lot, but didn't love it like I did a couple of other books by her. Were you an O'Farrell fan before you read this one?
Debbie - Oh yes, I'm an O'Farrell fan and was prompted to read some of her backlist because of you. If I had a pogo stick I would jump high about her. The only one I haven't read is her first novel, which I may skip.
Lisa wrote: "Debbie - Oh yes, I'm an O'Farrell fan and was prompted to read some of her backlist because of you. If I had a pogo stick I would jump high about her. The only one I haven't read is her first novel..."Ha, glad I had something to do with your love of O'Farrell. I haven't read a couple of hers, and might skip them also because they aren't rated as highly as others. I would love it if she wrote another memoir of sorts. Her style slays me; the best language ever, weaving such fine stories!
Sounds powerful, Lisa.
Wonderful Review Lisa. I would love to read this one. Sounds really good.
Josh's wrote: "Wonderful Review Lisa. I would love to read this one. Sounds really good." Thank you Josh. It is a wonderful novel.
Great review, Lisa! I loved this one, too!
Terrie wrote: "Great review, Lisa! I loved this one, too!"I'm so glad you did!
