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Hamlet is Not OK
Hamlet is Not OK | R.A. Spratt
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Selby hates homework. She would rather watch daytime television anything to escape the tedium of school, her parents bookshop and small-town busybodies. So Selby didnt plan to read Hamlet. She certainly never planned to meet him. This novel transports Selby, and the reader, into the cold and crime-ridden play itself. Here she meets Hamlet: heavy with grief, the young prince is overthinking and over everything. Selby can relate. But unlike Hamlet, Selby isnt afraid of making decisions. In her world, Selby is used to feeling overlooked. But in the bloody, backstabbing world of Shakespeare, Selbys good conscience and quiet courage might just save some lives . . . hopefully before Hamlet stabs one of her classmates.
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BarbaraJean
BarbaraJean
Hamlet is Not OK | R.A. Spratt
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Mehso-so

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 ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …leads to discussions of depression), but without much depth. BUT, this could be a nice entry point for someone who‘s struggling to get into Shakespeare or find it relatable, and I could see it being a springboard for a really worthwhile discussion of the play. 2w
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Sharpeipup
Sharpeipup
Hamlet is Not OK | R.A. Spratt
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Looked up from reading and saw this…

dabbe 😳🤩😂 11mo
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Daisey
Daisey
Hamlet is Not OK | R.A. Spratt
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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.

Daisey Audio duration: 3 hours 19 minutes

* I received this #audiobook through the #Librofm Educator #ALC program. 2y
Daisey @Cinfhen My review, for me a light and quick YA read. 2y
Daisey @jewright You should add this one to your list to check out sometime. 2y
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Cinfhen Thanks for tagging me 😄 2y
JazzFeathers Oh, this sounds good! 🤩 2y
Daisey @JazzFeathers It‘s very much a light YA read, but it was fun. 2y
jewright They don‘t have it at our library, but I put a tag on it. 2y
jewright I just listened to this! 10mo
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