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This was…OK. I‘ve seen the “real world characters enter a fictional world” premise executed better elsewhere, and this felt a bit lacking. Selby & Dan felt under-developed, and their interactions with Hamlet and the play‘s other characters were handled a bit awkwardly (really? Hamlet has few-to-no problems/misunderstandings of modern culture or language?). The book explores concepts of mental health (naturally, encountering Hamlet & Ophelia ⤵️

Looked up from reading and saw this…

This is a #YA book set in #Australia. Selby is the teenage daughter of intellectual parents who run a bookstore, but she doesn‘t read. When she‘s forced to read Hamlet by her new tutor Dan, the two of them are magically transported into the play. The story is amusing but also considers the mental health struggles of Hamlet & Ophelia from a modern perspective. A lot of the play is included, and Selby & Dan change some of Shakespeare‘s story.