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The Lunatic, The Lover, And The Poet (2010)

by Myrlin A. Hermes(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

006180519X (ISBN13: 9780061805196)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harper Perennial

review 1: This was bit racier than I expected, but it was still an interesting exploration of the relationship between Hamlet and Horatio. Though I greatly appreciated the author's skillful use of language, weaving Shakespeare's words liberally with her own narrative throughout, I could not buy into her portrayal of the melancholy dane as such a drunken player (of both men and women). Perhaps I need to write my own version of the love story between Hamlet and Horatio, one that stays true to my own understanding of Hamlet's character and intellect.
review 2: I did not love the alternative perspective that seemed randomly placed within the novel. In terms of a writing technique, it was only useful for one scene. Though I have read Hamlet, which is the most important pl... moreay you have to have read for this book to be funny, I am less knowledgeable about some of Shakespeare’s other plays and I wonder if that would have made a difference. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed Hermes’s wit and her writing style. I would absolutely be interested in reading her previous novel Careful What You Wish For and anything she writes in the future. There are a lot of folks out there who really loved this novel, but it just didn’t live up to the promise that I had for it at the beginning. less

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