thewinterstale

The Gap of Time: The Winter’s Tale Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare) | Jeanette Winterson

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Jeanette Winterson's re-telling of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale is at its best in Leo, Xeno, and MiMi's back story and the present day of Shep and Perdita, but the parts connecting them didn't quite work for me.

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Jeg

The Gap of Time: The Winter’s Tale Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare) | Jeanette Winterson

bailed

Tried for 2 hours but could not do it. As it‘s a library book I don‘t feel too bad about not reading it. Now on to something that catches my attention.( I hope). It‘s rainy and very windy here perfect reason to stay inside and read.

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wideeyedreader

The Gap of Time: The Winter’s Tale Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare) | Jeanette Winterson

so-so

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I only kept reading this because I was interested in the story. I found the writing to be wooden and uninteresting, the characters either pretentious (who thinks Walden and Ben Franklin are obscure??), stupid, or absolutely insane. I also found the age-gap between Perdita and Zel concerning, as well as Clo‘s obvious attraction to teenage girls. Yikes. #bookspin

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks At least it's off the list!! 4y

wideeyedreader @TheAromaofBooks that‘s very true! I‘m kind of sad, though, because I wanted to like it. It seemed like Winterson had a very...made-up idea of how people actually live and talk and act, though 4y

BookwormM Maybe she was confined by the original source material as this is part of the Shakespeare retold series and I have found other books in this series by other authors don‘t update well. 4y

wideeyedreader @BookwormM yes, I was aware of that. However, I feel that she could have retold the original story without some of the creepier elements 4y

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wideeyedreader

The Gap of Time: The Winter’s Tale Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare) | Jeanette Winterson

ā€I saw the strangest sight tonight.ā€¯
#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

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annamatopoetry

The Gap of Time: The Winter’s Tale Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare) | Jeanette Winterson

1. It depends. Keep if I want to reread it, reference it again, or if it's important enough. sell what I can and donate the rest.
2. An afternoon, or in 3 months. I dunno, shorter fiction feel too much like cheating these days. Pepperharrow took 2 days, I've been at A Distant Mirror (600 pg of dryish nonfiction) since November
3. Jeanette Winterson's The Gap of Time. I try to finish everything if I can. #wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Eggs Thanks for playing šŗš“š¤—š‘¸š¸»š’— 5y

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bibliobard

Gap of Time | Jeanette Winterson

A book is now on the way for you @arubabookwoman and it should arrive Tuesday. #LMPBC #Round007 #GroupM

DarcysMom, mcipher

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bibliobard

The Gap of Time: The Winter’s Tale Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare) | Jeanette Winterson

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This was a struggle to finish and then only reason I think I did was due to it being a #LMPBC read. I only really cared about one character and even then not so much. Hard pass. Maybe the rest of #GroupM will enjoy it?

DarcysMom, mcipher, arubabookwoman

merelybookish I bailed on this. I couldn't with all the awfulness. 5y

batsy I gave this a pan as well! 5y

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bibliobard

Gap of Time | Jeanette Winterson

Received next book (well technically December‘s book) in #LMPBC #Round007 #GroupM . School is starting back so I won‘t have quite the same reading speed, but I hope to finish this before the end of January regardless.

DarcysMom, mcipher, arubabookwoman

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AvidReader25

The Gap of Time: The Winter’s Tale Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare) | Jeanette Winterson

pan

I read this because it‘s part of the Hogarth Shakespeare retellings. This one is The Winter‘s Tale. The early section with Leo is insufferable, but I stuck with it because it‘s part of the series. It got a bit better as we saw Perdita as an adult. It wasn‘t my favorite, but I still enjoy seeing these famous plays reimagined in a modern setting.

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