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Hamlet
Hamlet: A Novel | John Marsden
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Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, but Hamlet can’t be sure what’s causing the stench. His rage at his mother’s infidelities — together with his greed for the sensual Ophelia and his dead father’s call to revenge a "murder most foul" — have his mind in chaos, and he wants to scatter his traitorous uncle’s insides across the fields. But was it really his father’s ghost that night on the ramparts, or a hell-fiend sent to trick him? "Action is hot," he tells Ophelia, who lives shut up in a tower with her longings and lust. "Action is courage, and reflection is cowardly. Picking up the knife has the colors of truth. As soon as I hesitate. . . ." In this dark, erotically charged, beautifully crafted novel, John Marsden brings one of Shakespeare’s most riveting characters to full-blooded life in a narrative of intense psychological complexity.
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limada
Hamlet And Ophelia | John Marsden
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Pickpick

Read this on my travels via train from Dearborn to Chicago. Clearly not an exhensive tome, but it was a good read to pass the trip. #43-2023

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bibliothecarivs
Hamlet: A Novel | John Marsden
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Panpan

★★☆☆☆

#fREADom #UniteAgainstBookBans

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Argon
Hamlet: A Novel | John Marsden
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Mehso-so

A novelized version of Shakespeare‘s play. I liked how Marsden gave a backstory to some of the characters, like mentions and scenes from the childhoods of Horatio, Hamlet, and Ophelia. But the language changed noticeably when lines were modernised from Shakespeare‘s vs Marsden‘s own invention - there was a different rhythm and formality to them which made the book feel a bit less cohesive.
5/10