heartbrekker's Reviews (797)

Modern Divination

Isabel Agajanian

3.25

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

4.75

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

To think—all of the pain and suffering within the death of a young boy named Hamnet led to his father writing the most famous play to ever exist. The sheer power of death to create such emotional, influential art that surpassed time’s natural decay and live to the 21st century.