The Shakespeare Secret

Mar 23, 2008 John rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Peoplpe I dislike. Vivisectionists etc.

Recommended to John by: Simon Mayo Book Panel - what a bunch of plonkers

Shelves: modern-fiction, mystery-crime-and-thriller, historical-fiction, the-bard

Oh my... it didn't go well at all.... how can this possibly be the same book that some people have given 4 or 5 stars to. It really baffles me.

I am one of those poor/deluded individuals [and yes - I actually believe there are more of us than some would admit] that actually enjoyed the Da Vinci Code. Believe me.... it was a literary masterpiece in comparison to this nightmare.

Against my better judgement I continued reading long past the point where the book usually gets sent to a furnace. I am n...more Oh my... it didn't go well at all.... how can this possibly be the same book that some people have given 4 or 5 stars to. It really baffles me.

I am one of those poor/deluded individuals [and yes - I actually believe there are more of us than some would admit] that actually enjoyed the Da Vinci Code. Believe me.... it was a literary masterpiece in comparison to this nightmare.

Against my better judgement I continued reading long past the point where the book usually gets sent to a furnace. I am now starting to doubt my own judgement as my early fears that about the plot were confirmed - implausible and contrived spring to mind as words best fitting.

Now, don't get me wrong, it was not all bad and things definitely improved as the tale developed. I found the that if I was to divide the book into fifths that the first two were awful, the third was ok, the fourt was good and the last was partly ok and mostly awful [twee, predictable and written by someone with no experience in the thriller genre].

As the heroine/main character Kate was hopeless piled upon hopeless. Yes a brilliant academic, but where on earth was the common sense for goodness sake. I just didn't buy into her as a legitimate character at all. Come to think of it - all of the characters were somewhat shallow. There was little in the way of character development and even when it wa attempted it was desperately underdone and fumbling [rather like the stolen kiss on the plane].

The final outcome, I am sad to say, was highly predictable. it simply had to be one of the main protagonists. The lack of skill in building suspense and mystery, however, made me jump to this conclusion very early in the book. Indeed, the poor way in which the author allowed the main characters to jump between England, America and Spain with such ease [initially without passports!] and then carrying weapons and then, even better, fooling passport control as one character went between continents on a forged passport as a member of the opposite sex.... what a laugh! Added to this, the ease with which British law enforcment operated within USA was farcical.... was this copper James Bond?

Absolutely the best part of the book, were those parts historical. The moments set at the time of Shakespeare and those set around the Granvilles and Sheltons were superb. There should have been more of. Why couldn't the whole of the book have been set in the 1800's and allow the plot come to resolution then. It would have been so much better than trying to make it into a modern day thriller.

On the whole... grossly disappointing.(less)

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Sep 08, 2008 Alison Looney rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Good lord in heaven, this book is a train wreck. It's almost impressive that a plot this unoriginal could also be so maddeningly complicated. I'm somewhat familiar with Shakespeare's plays and the times in which he wrote them, but the jumbled cast of historical characters is impossible to keep straight. I'm surprised the affectedly plucky leading lady could keep track of her own research.

And, of course, the reader is treated to plenty of clichéd (or "classic," if you're being generous) mystery...more Good lord in heaven, this book is a train wreck. It's almost impressive that a plot this unoriginal could also be so maddeningly complicated. I'm somewhat familiar with Shakespeare's plays and the times in which he wrote them, but the jumbled cast of historical characters is impossible to keep straight. I'm surprised the affectedly plucky leading lady could keep track of her own research.

And, of course, the reader is treated to plenty of clichéd (or "classic," if you're being generous) mystery novel conventions. The last few chapters shuffle good guys/bad guys arbitrarily, throw in a few fake deaths and overwrought epiphanies, and land flatly with everything wrapped up and the leading lady in love.

In summation, the adventure/mystery aspects of the book are formulaic and boring. The Shakespeare stuff, while well-researched, is needlessly confusing and, at times, ridiculous. I don't think I could be clearer, friends who might potentially be interested in this book based on the inside flap (Kelsey): DO NOT READ!

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I usually don't review books until I've finished, but I'm halfway through and I've got things to say.

This a lame, predictable book, based on a weak premise that grows weaker by the page. It's like a more poorly written DaVinci Code (no joke), with Shakespeare in the place of DaVinci and Queen Elizabeth instead of Jesus.

I like Shakespeare. I was an English Major. I was willing to get on board with a search for the lost play and muse about the *real* writer behind the name Shakespeare. But the book reads like the screenplay to a National Treasure sequel. The scenes alternate between dangerous action and implausible conversations about hidden clues in Shakespeare's texts. You know how The DaVinci Code weaves information about art and history into the plot? And it seems a little contrived, but you're interested enough to go along for the ride? This book is even less artful in leading its bland main characters into situations where they can talk about Shakespeare for 20 minutes before the action! begins again.

And, wow, I don't even know where to begin talking about how silly the plot itself is. Again, in a rip-off of DVC, we open with the murder of the scholarly mentor of the main character. Before the prof dies, she leaves ridiculously vague clues that lead our heroine on an implausible parade across, so far, two continents. This jet setting is funded by some fantastically wealthy and resourceful British people. Who she just happens to have connections with.

So I've spent a lot of time wanting to bang my head against a wall while reading this. But, the reason I'm not tossing it aside (and giving it a full second star[note: second star removed upon completion of book]), is that the plot, while barely even action movie caliber, is just engaging enough to make me wonder what happens next. Don't get too excited, author Jennifer Lee Carrell - that's the same reason I occasionally watch entire episodes of American Gladiators.(less)

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Dec 22, 2008 Angela rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

I have a confession to make, and it is this: I am simultaneously repelled by and attracted to books that shamelessly mention The Da Vinci Code in their blurbs. I think a small part of me keeps hoping that somebody will come along that will take what Dan Brown tried to do with that book and do it again, only better.

The problem is, Interred with Their Bones doesn't do this. It has one major advantage over The Da Vinci Code in that Carrell's prose is infinitely more able than Brown's, but once you...more I have a confession to make, and it is this: I am simultaneously repelled by and attracted to books that shamelessly mention The Da Vinci Code in their blurbs. I think a small part of me keeps hoping that somebody will come along that will take what Dan Brown tried to do with that book and do it again, only better.

The problem is, Interred with Their Bones doesn't do this. It has one major advantage over The Da Vinci Code in that Carrell's prose is infinitely more able than Brown's, but once you get past that, you have a plot of the "Lead Character and Love Interest Travel to Various Strange Locales in Search of Important Object That Will Change History, and Are Pursued By Bad Guys, and Oh Yes Somebody Very Close to the Lead Character is Really the Bad Guy in Disguise" variety. In this particular case, we have a former Shakespearean scholar on the hunt for one of his lost manuscripts, around which revolves the secret of who Shakespeare really was and what sort of scandals he was involved in at the tail end of his life. Our heroine, Kate, is spurred onto her quest by the death of a former mentor, who of course hands over a Mysterious Package, and then there is of course the Mysterious Yet Sexy Guy With a Gun who shows up to provide the obligatory bodyguarding. Various colorful characters come and go, and several of them die in theatrically staged ways yoinked right out of the Bard's own plays.

All very well and good, but the characters that populate this plot are all very standard--competently done, but standard, with no particular surprises of motivation or character development. Most disappointingly, infodumps fly fast and furious throughout the book, and they weren't done deftly enough to hold my interest; I found myself skimming quite a lot. I don't know if a Shakespeare geek would find them interesting or annoying. Me, the only flare of interest I had in the middle of the infodumping was when the title Love's Labours Won showed up and I immediately thought, "But hey, we know what happened to that one! Doesn't this person watch the Doctor?" ;)

Anyway, long story short, pleasant enough but without much real substance, though I'll give it an extra half a star for making me genuinely briefly unsure who the actual killer was going to turn out to be. Therefore, two and a half stars.(less)

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Jun 12, 2010 Trak rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, fiction, historical

It was okay as book reads go. The story line was out there and wholly unbelievable which made it fun.

I brought this book at a second hand book store and having finished the book found the following written black biro at the back:
"I, Matthew Jamieson 17/04/2008, Solemley swear that if I should ever, in the future attempt to wear muscle shirts and look "cool" when I am clearly not, that I will immediately cease this behaviour, or else have my ass kicked. Sincerely Matthew Jamieson" I should point...more

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Feb 04, 2013 Anachronist rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

What I liked:

Firstly and foremostly I loved the fact that Jennifer Lee Carrell really knew what she was writing about. She is not one of these authors which make factual mistakes, leading their characters on a wild-goose chase to places which don't exist. When she describes a library or a cave you can feel she was and worked there herself. After just a page or two It became obvious that her research and love of the subject is phenomenal. I found myself literally sucked into the various debates t...more

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Apr 18, 2009 Littlemissmuffet rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery, historical-fiction

I picked up this book as it combined both Shakespeare and a murder mystery. Add in all the hype that surrounded the arrival of this book on shelves and I had to read it...

However I was really disappointed with it..
1. The characters are 2-dimensional, they don't display or demonstrate any feelings or emotions whatsoever, (case in point- the lead character was nearly murdered twice and is on the run from the cops yet she doesn't really exhibit any fear or anxiety for the predicament she is in!) Th...more

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Dec 27, 2008 Alan rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Unintelligible romp through pseudo history, December 27, 2008
By Alan A. Elsner "Alan Elsner, author" (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

I thought that this book, promising a historic romp through Elizbathan England, probing the many mysteries surrounding the life and identity of William Shakespeare, would be just up my alley. It combines several themes I love -- history, thrillers, England and Shakespeare. Unfortunately, it fell far short of its promise.
The author clearly loves her history a...more

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Jan 12, 2009 Caitlin rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-about-books, contemporary-fiction

I think the best word to describe this book would be derivative. It's the kind of "international chase to uncover secrets of the past" thriller that has become rather formulaic of late. This version adds on the literary weight of Shakespeare, which only intensifies the cliche. If we're not looking for the descendants of Jesus, Shakespeare's lost play is probably the next best thing.
The novel isn't a complete loss. The writing is fact-paced and the set-up is decently entertaining. But sometimes...more

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Apr 30, 2008 Bartek rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mieliśmy kod Leonarda, teraz mamy szyfr Szekspira (a tak naprawdę to Bacona)...
To oczywiste skojarzenie, tym bardziej że na okładce jeden z recenzentów twierdzi, że książka jest tak dobra, że odłożył "Kod Leonarda Da Vinci". Ponieważ moja opinia na temat książki Browna jest bardzo zła, powyższe zdanie nie było specjalnie polecającym i trudnym do osiągnięcia.
Kiedy już przywykniemy do irytującej poetyzacji języka ("śpiewające ostrze noża" i inne przykrości) i przeczytamy powieść, wypadnie nam zgod...more Mieliśmy kod Leonarda, teraz mamy szyfr Szekspira (a tak naprawdę to Bacona)...
To oczywiste skojarzenie, tym bardziej że na okładce jeden z recenzentów twierdzi, że książka jest tak dobra, że odłożył "Kod Leonarda Da Vinci". Ponieważ moja opinia na temat książki Browna jest bardzo zła, powyższe zdanie nie było specjalnie polecającym i trudnym do osiągnięcia.
Kiedy już przywykniemy do irytującej poetyzacji języka ("śpiewające ostrze noża" i inne przykrości) i przeczytamy powieść, wypadnie nam zgodzić się z cytowanym recenzentem. Książka jest zdecydowanie lepsza od "Kodu...".
Po pierwsze dlatego, że autorka ma pojęcie o czym pisze. Po drugie- nie potrzebuje komplikować układanki wprowadzając kilkadziesiąt dodatkowych osób (co nagminnie czyni Brown, kiedy sypie mu się logika).
Po Szekspirowsku: główny bohater, dwie przeciwstawne siły - dwaj bohaterowie drugoplanowi, wspierani przez dwóch, dość wyraźnych bohaterów tła (ale relacje między nimi są nieco skomplikowane, prawdziwa ich natura wychodzi nie-tak-od-razu). Plus duch ojca... to znaczy duch przyjaciółki i mentorki, a w zasadzie matki duchowej bohaterki.
Czy mogło być tak, jak pisze Carrell? Zapewne tak: opiera się ona o faktycznie zaginioną sztukę Szekspira. I w świecie dworskich intryg ta książkowa, nie do końca jasna, ale przecież w efekcie prowadząca do pewnej tragedii, mogła mieć miejsce.
Czytadło dobre. Umiejętność prowadzenia akcji, wraz ze zmiennością bohaterów i naszej o nich oceny- znacznie większa niż w przypadku papierowych kukiełek Browna.
Nie ma co porównywać.
Kryminał literacki może mieć różne oblicza. Wspomnę tu niedawno przeczytany przeze mnie "Cień wiatru". O ile u Zafona (i Perez-Reverta) książki i rzeczywistość nawzajem się przenikają, u Carell podział świata między rzeczywistość i książki "na linii okładek" jest wyraźny- to co napisane może mieć wpływ na rzeczywistość, ale tylko w związku z intencjami autora podczas pisania. Książka jest tu bytem niesamodzielnym. Nie ma tej magii Zafonowskiej, jest za to spisek, niemal Brownowski, ale poprowadzony lżejszą (bo pewniejszą) ręką...(less)

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Jan 10, 2008 Jessica Howard rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

An average "secrets hidden for centuries" type book. The main character, Kate, just happens to be a Shakespeare scholar (although a slightly dense one at times) who is the perfect candidate to hunt for a lost Shakespearean epic. She globe-trots rapidly (seriously, why does the author never discuss how jetlagged she would have been by the end of this) in a hunt for secrets left around the world, which she must unite to find the lost manuscript of Cardenio. A really good audio book, interesting en...more

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Apr 02, 2009 Brooke rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009, thriller

I had warned myself long ago about avoiding books that tried to jump on the DaVinci Code bandwagon, since they seemed to be slapped together without much care in hopes of capturing the attention of one of the millions of people who had spent money on Dan Brown's blockbuster. I let down my guard with Interred with Their Bones - it was about Shakespeare, not mysterious religious texts, after all. Missing Shakespeare plays! The secret identity of the playwright! Should be excellent.

Except, not.

I w...more I had warned myself long ago about avoiding books that tried to jump on the DaVinci Code bandwagon, since they seemed to be slapped together without much care in hopes of capturing the attention of one of the millions of people who had spent money on Dan Brown's blockbuster. I let down my guard with Interred with Their Bones - it was about Shakespeare, not mysterious religious texts, after all. Missing Shakespeare plays! The secret identity of the playwright! Should be excellent.

Except, not.

I wanted it to be so much better than it was, but it just had so many problems. The sheer number of blown up buildings and murder victims just felt absolutely unbelievable. I was never convinced that any of this mayhem was necessary. I'm sure the author was going for "exciting" - but in reality, it was just a little bit silly.

Another thing that was unbelievable was the secret-keeping and the necessity of the main character's involvement. She brings up a few times that she specialized in occult Shakespeare ('occult' meaning secret, not supernatural, she explains), but never once was it demonstrated to me that she possessed some knowledge that everyone else lacked. All of the other Shakespeare scholars seem to be right there with her in deducing things. Also, there is no practical reason for the main character's mentor to hide nearly-indecipherable clues in sneaky spots. In the beginning of the novel, the mentor gives the main character a package to open that contains the first clue and then is murdered before she can explain it. Why did she hide the clues in the first place? Why didn't she stick a letter explaining everything in the package instead of a vague clue?

Having read all of Dan Brown's books, I knew already who the villain would be. Note to anyone hoping to be the next Dan Brown: please note his pattern and then do the opposite in your book.

I write all of this with a sigh of disappointment, since I love mysteries about books. I wonder if someone else has done anything with this idea minus all the explosions.(less)

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Feb 05, 2009 LJ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary_post_1945, female_author, international, suspense, shakespeare_theme

INTERRED WITH THEIR BONES (Suspense-Kate Stanley-Int’l-Cont) – G
Carrell, Jennifer Lee – 1st novel
Dutton, 2007, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780525949701

First Sentence: From the river, it looked as if two suns were setting over London.

Kate Stanley is a Shakespeare scholar who has left the halls of academia for the boards of the Globe Theatre. Her Harvard mentor and friend, Rosalind “Roz” Howard, comes to see her as Kate is preparing her debut of “Hamlet,” giving her a wrapped present and asking that the...more INTERRED WITH THEIR BONES (Suspense-Kate Stanley-Int’l-Cont) – G
Carrell, Jennifer Lee – 1st novel
Dutton, 2007, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780525949701

First Sentence: From the river, it looked as if two suns were setting over London.

Kate Stanley is a Shakespeare scholar who has left the halls of academia for the boards of the Globe Theatre. Her Harvard mentor and friend, Rosalind “Roz” Howard, comes to see her as Kate is preparing her debut of “Hamlet,” giving her a wrapped present and asking that they meet later.

While waiting for Roz, who is very late, Kate sees smoke and realizes it is coming from the Globe. Although the theatre itself is fine, she finds some of the ancillary buildings have burnt and that Roz has been murdered in a way that echoes the death of Hamlet’s father.

The death sets Kate off on an international journey away from a killer and on a search for a missing Shakespearian play, an answer as to who really wrote the plays.

This is a book for those who love literature, Shakespeare in particular, books and libraries. There are wonderful descriptions of library stacks and the idea of a library filled with old and rare manuscripts burning is appalling to me. I hate to be cliché, but it is the “Da Vinci Code” for Shakespeare aficionados. Others would probably find it fairly boring.

Kate is not my favorite protagonist. It seems she is immune to jet lag and surprisingly unaffected by the deaths that mount around her. Ben, her protector, is one of the more interesting characters and provides some mild humor to the story. Most of the other characters comes and go so quickly, they barely make a mark.

It is clear Ms. Carrell has done her research and knows her subject thoroughly. The story is fascinating, particularly all the history included and the conjecture of both the missing play and the question of who did write the plays. I certainly learned a lot, even about the writing of the St. James Bible. But I did feel there were times when the history overwhelmed the story. This is one of those books where the inclusion of illustrations and maps would have been particularly helpful as I spent considerable time going to the internet.

The suspense was well done and the ending surprising, which was even better. I did enjoy it and will be interested to see what else Ms. Carrell does.
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Feb 02, 2009 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Several months back I happened on a book called Codex which I had hoped to follow in the footsteps of other books I enjoyed about lost manuscripts and literary mysteries. Codex disappointed me severely, but at last I seem to have gotten my wish with Interred with Their Bones.

If such a comparison were necessary, I'd call it a cross between Possession and The DaVinci Code. It is not quite the page-turner that Dan Brown's book is, but then it doesn't have that cheesy "tv-movie-of-the-week" feel ei...more

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Dec 28, 2008 Nicole rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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In Interred With Their Bones, author Jennifer Lee Carrell plunges you without delay into a suspenseful story revolving around Shakespeare and the burning of The Globe Theatre. In the present day Globe, Kate Stanley is directing soon to be premiered Hamlet when Rosalind Howard, her mentor not seen for many years, asks her to take a gift - an adventure, a secret - and follow when it leads…The Globe Theatre is on fire, the same day when The Globe Theatre burned in 1613 and Rosalind Howard is found...more In Interred With Their Bones, author Jennifer Lee Carrell plunges you without delay into a suspenseful story revolving around Shakespeare and the burning of The Globe Theatre. In the present day Globe, Kate Stanley is directing soon to be premiered Hamlet when Rosalind Howard, her mentor not seen for many years, asks her to take a gift - an adventure, a secret - and follow when it leads…The Globe Theatre is on fire, the same day when The Globe Theatre burned in 1613 and Rosalind Howard is found dead within.

I think Jennifer Lee Carrell must have done a mind-boggling amount of research, with the amount of knowledge and historical content of Shakespeare required within all of the details in the story. It would have been daunting to keep all the back-story organized. I did like that the story was convoluted with layer upon layer of plotlines, but reading was confusing and challenging at times, doubly so since the last time I had any familiarity with Shakespeare was in high school. The plot skipped from idea to idea a little to quickly for me, but those who have read any Shakespeare recently, especially Hamlet, would enjoy Interred With Their Bones and doubtless find the story progressing more smoothly than it did for me.

I also liked the partitioning of the novel into Acts and historical Interludes. I found the shorter chapters particularly effective; giving you enough time to absorb what was just read before the story twisted and turned again.

There are a limited amount of characters in the present day story, so with this being a suspense/murder mystery…you know at least one of the characters must be a murderer, otherwise the character is superfluous to the story. It wasn’t that difficult to figure out the whodunits but it was difficult determining motives.

A couple of things that grated on my nerves were that Kate Stanley’s character has an abundance of thought but not an abundance of emotion, leaving me with little sense of who the character was until toward the very end of the book; I did not like the dichotomy that Kate is supposed to be intelligent but she cannot reason out who her killer is; And why have her kiss Ben and then Matthew kiss her?

I did like the book a lot but I didn’t absolutely love it so I have to rate it 4.0. I am left with a lot of questions about Kate Stanley and will look out for the sequel released in 2009 “Haunt Me Still” (probably why the author held back so much detail on the character).

My Rating: 4.0

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Apr 18, 2013 Farnoosh Brock rated it 3 of 5 stars

Imagine reading a book filled with quotes, anecdotes, and plots from Shakespeare’s masterpieces!I did not choose to read “The Shakespeare Secret” for the plot or the author. I chose it so I could leaf through bits and pieces of quotes from the bard’s masterpieces, and perhaps get closer to the world of Shakespeare, one that I plan to study in more depth someday.

On the matter of writing style and mastery of language, I think Carrell is a solid author, albeit an extremely difficult one for me to f...more Imagine reading a book filled with quotes, anecdotes, and plots from Shakespeare’s masterpieces!I did not choose to read “The Shakespeare Secret” for the plot or the author. I chose it so I could leaf through bits and pieces of quotes from the bard’s masterpieces, and perhaps get closer to the world of Shakespeare, one that I plan to study in more depth someday.

On the matter of writing style and mastery of language, I think Carrell is a solid author, albeit an extremely difficult one for me to follow.

The main theme and story of this book has been found guilty of too much resemblance to Dan Brown’s “Da Vinci Code”, the fascinating plot and theory that has created much excitement in the religious communities ever since its appearance in print.

Carrell follows a similar path especially with the strong use of symbology in her story. Nonetheless, I must give her some credit for the storyline. Her book suggests that William Shakespeare of Stratford may not have been the bard after all, and that many others during his time would better fit the description of a man who produced the magnificent body of work that we worship today.

The evidence against Shakespeare is sadly strong – after all, he was not very well educated, and certainly did not come from high society. What business did he have writing some of the most enduring pieces of all time, with no association to royalty, kingship or rank? No, it is all too possible that Shakespeare was not our dear playwright after all. The story suggests theories such as Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Philip Sidney, Mary Herbert countess of Pembroke and the earls of Southampton, as some of possible authors who wrote under pseudonym of Shakespeare.

Another theory tells us about a secret society made up of these elite writers who contributed bits and pieces of the plays and poems, under one name. With the main plot centered around the search for a long lost play of Shakespeare, these subplots around Shakespeare’s real identity sometimes contribute to the intensity of the story, and at other times, over-complicate the plot.

Carrell takes us to present day London with our protagonist Kate, a Shakespeare scholar and current director of the Globe on the opening night of “Hamlet”. She has an unexpected visitor, her mentor Roz, from Harvard, with an urgent message which is never fully delivered. It does not take long for Carrell to set events into fast motion with the murder of Roz in a Shakespearean plot, and Kate running after the mystery box and for her life. Kate soon finds out that she is looking for the lost Shakespeare play, Cardenio, and her clue is in the many letters and manuscripts scattered all over the globe, anywhere from Harvard libraries to smallest literary corners imaginable. The author tells us Shakespeare used Cervantes’s novel Don Quixote as an inspiration for his Cardenio, and hence draws a hazy link from Shakespeare to colonial Spanish and the American Southwest.

The story is good and I like Kate’s character and integrity. I like her take on the experience, and her obsession with Shakespeare. She can easily lose track of time and become ignorant of imminent danger to her in the presence of manuscripts and letters leading to clues to bard.

Fiction or fact, there has always been and will always be only one William Shakespeare for the world to see and read and be mesmerized with.

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Dec 29, 2012 Shonna Froebel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book gave me the same feeling as Da Vinci Code. A quest for a long lost object, man and woman previously unknown to each other working together towards goal, with some help from others, lots of murders, lots of travel, lots of action.
In this novel Kate Stanley, currently directing Hamlet at the Globe Theatre in London, is visited by her academic mentor, Roz Howard. Roz has "found something big" and wants Kate's help to find it. But later that day Roz is found dead in the theatre and Kate fe...more

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Dec 26, 2012 Marilyn Fontane rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: history, mystery

Interred with Their bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell is a fast paced, mystery based on lost Shakespearen artifacts. Kate Stanley goes to England to see a production of Hamlet in the Globe theater as a guest of her mentor Rosalind Howard, who promises to show her some shocking information about the Bard. But before she can enjoy her trip, she finds her mentor dead and the Globe theater burning down. From that point on she travels around England, America and Italy in search of Rosalind's promised rev...more

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Oct 19, 2012 Brandy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Let me start out with this disclaimer: I have never read The DaVinci Code. According to some of my friends, I have thus missed one of the greatest literary events of the last twenty-five years. According to others, I haven't missed much. I do know that I tend automatically recoil from most massive media hype over the latest cultural phenomenon, and that I can seem a little aloof because of this. And there for a while--somewhere around five or so years ago now--it felt like there was nowhere I co...more Let me start out with this disclaimer: I have never read The DaVinci Code. According to some of my friends, I have thus missed one of the greatest literary events of the last twenty-five years. According to others, I haven't missed much. I do know that I tend automatically recoil from most massive media hype over the latest cultural phenomenon, and that I can seem a little aloof because of this. And there for a while--somewhere around five or so years ago now--it felt like there was nowhere I could go without running smack into my ignorance of this one very popular book.

Now, let me move to this qualifier: I like a well written book on conspiracy theories, especially alternate histories concerning literature. But I felt I'd already read a book I greatly enjoyed about the Catholic church's treatment of Mary Magdalene years ago in Umberto Eco's novel Foucault's Pendulum, which I found fascinating, challenging, and witty. Once I heard from people I trusted that The DaVinci Code was pap, I had no further interest in how Brown treated the subject matter. If I go to another novel about the subject, I want it to a least have a chance of measuring up.

What does all this have to do with the book I have pictured above? Interred with Their Bones, according to a number of reviews and marketing blurbs, is Jennifer Lee Carrell's attempt to write a DaVinci Code for Shakespeare buffs. And, to some degree, she certainly succeeds. It's the story of a former academic turned theatre director who happens into a race to find a possible heretofore unclaimed Shakespearian play. Is it a rumor? Is it real? Is the secret manuscript on this continent or in Europe? Is it really so valuable that people are willing to kill for it? And when are those annoying Scotland Yard detectives going to figure out whose side they're really on?

The novel is a thriller, and it is a lot of fun. I certainly enjoyed reading it at night for a little escapism before sleep. But for the purposes of this blog post, I want to get back to the issues I hint at above. It's interesting to me how popular culture tries to translate certain things to appeal to today's crowds. With The DaVinci Code, many people seemed much more interested in the idea of the conspiracy than in the novel itself--or they mistook the conspiracy theory as a creation OF the novel. The ideas of a corrupt church and government, of truthseekers willing to risk their lives for the sake of righteousness, were sexy; they sold to a 21st century audience which is skeptical of authority and the predominant narrative of history. The whole Dan Brown phenomenon seems to be a new, shiny packaging of old ideas which had been forgotten-- this is not exactly a weakness, necessarily, but it does put a certain focus on the packaging.

This kind of pressure does come into play with Carrell's novel as well, and the book withstands this pressure fairly well. I suspect the idea is to make Shakespeare interesting and relevant to today's readers (however few of them there may be left), as the writer is a noted Harvard professor of Shakespeare yet skillfully avoids bogging down the plot and pace with too much academic esoterica.

The fundamental question I have, though, is why we feel a need to do this . As most casual readers know, Shakespeare's works are full of humor and pathos, love, romance, wooing, deceit, murder, vengeance, and all the rest of the actions which make a story unforgettable. The writing is nearly always as strong and powerful as you've ever heard it was. So what is it in the delivery which turns so many people off today? Is it the Elizabethan English, hard to parse at first but easier once you get an ear for it? Is it the fact that we are made to read it in school, and the work has therefore somehow been sanctioned by the establishment? Is it that...etc.

As an instructor of writing and literature, I do run into these questions all the time, so it's very possible that my focus is skewed. Yet there is such resistance by my students to Shakespeare (or poetry, or, frankly, any writing which is in a complicated, layered language) that I wonder. And I know so few people outside of academia who read Shakespeare, etc., for leisure that I wonder some more. What is it in our introduction of these works to most readers that fails them? What is it in OUR delivery of the material?

Having said all that, though, the most casual Shakespearean students also know that the Bard himself also borrowed plots and stories from other time periods and cultures in order to make them more accessible to his own popular culture. This, in fact, is key to Interred with Their Bones, as the manuscript in question is a retelling of Cervantes' Don Quixote. There is value in the retelling and reframing of ideas--we can't escape the truth of the adage "everything old is new again." Look at all the Hollywood adaptations of classic literature-- many more woman my age and younger have seen Clueless than have read Emma, I'd guess. Still, ignoring all the canon wars in literary studies, what makes a popular novel ABOUT Shakespearean plays more interesting to the American public than the plays themselves?(less)

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Jul 28, 2012 Kristy rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, shakespeare, crime-mystery, history-mysteries, abandoned

Abandoned because this literary cliche is really starting to irk me. Another member of the Dan Brown School of Lazy History Mysteries, "Interred With Their Bones" is irritating from the beginning. Let's follow the formula, shall we?

1a. Main Character: Literary expert in their field, especially on a specific cult author or text. Text tends to be European. In the case of Graham Moore's eyeroll-worthy book "The Sherlockian," it was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this case, MC Kate Stanley is an expert...more

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May 24, 2012 Jessy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, books-i-own

This book was just all around fantastic. When I was finished with all Dan Brown had to offer for Robert Langdon, I found myself at a loss when it came to finding such a thrilling, intelligent plot. Interred With Their Bones was just was I was looking for. The adrenaline rush, the intrigue, the historical info - it was just incredibly well rounded. I found it really difficult just to put it down.

The plot was unlike anything I'd ever seen before. It toyed with the mysteries around the famous poet...more

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Apr 14, 2012 Kristiana Alex rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: have-in-bookcase

Román z pera Jennifer Lee Carrell patří mezi ty, které vás buď absolutně nadchnou a nebo si vás nezískají vůbec. Je to především tím, že je děj zasazen do divadelního prostředí, mezi hry Williama Shakespeara, a je potřeba mít alespoň nepatrný přehled o tom kdo byl a co se kolem něho dělo.

Příběh začíná v londýnském Globe theatre - Kate zde režíruje Hamleta - a vše okolo se najednou nápadně začíná podobat minulosti, kdy Globe vyhořelo přesně v době, kdy se připravoval Hamlet, Roz, Kateina bývalá m...more Román z pera Jennifer Lee Carrell patří mezi ty, které vás buď absolutně nadchnou a nebo si vás nezískají vůbec. Je to především tím, že je děj zasazen do divadelního prostředí, mezi hry Williama Shakespeara, a je potřeba mít alespoň nepatrný přehled o tom kdo byl a co se kolem něho dělo.

Příběh začíná v londýnském Globe theatre - Kate zde režíruje Hamleta - a vše okolo se najednou nápadně začíná podobat minulosti, kdy Globe vyhořelo přesně v době, kdy se připravoval Hamlet, Roz, Kateina bývalá mentorka, učitelka a přítelkyně umírá za záhadných okolností - je otrávena jako Hamletův otec. Roz za sebou zanechává jedinou krabičku se vzkazem - "Jestli ji otevřeš, musíš jít, kam tě povede." Kate přemýšlí jaký převratný objev by ona krabička mohla obsahovat, a když ji otevře opravdu ji následuje. Na cestu se s ní vydává sir Henry, dávný vážený přítel a Ben, synovec Roz. Rozebíhá se pátrání po tajemné, kdesi ukryté divadelní hře Williama Shakespeara. Ale ne každý je tím, za koho se vydává, něčí úmysly jsou poněkud jiné. Kate s Benem se snaží zjistit pravdu, najít vraha Roz a dalších lidí, které se mu připletly do cesty a aby toho nebylo málo musí utíkat i před britskou policií. Vrah se ale vžil do role tak, že napodobuje Shakespearovi tragédie tím nejodpornějším způsobem. Nechává je ožít a na jejich konci je smrt nevinných lidí.

Jennifer Lee Carrell precizně předvedla jak lze spojit historii se současností. Hlavní důraz byl kladen na život jednoho z nejznámějších spisovatelů všech dob, na mýty a dohady o pravosti jeho existence i na možnost, že někde opravdu existuje zapomenutá hra. Bylo hodně znát, že se autorka vyzná a nevaří takříkajíc z vody.

Sice mi chvilku trvalo, než jsem přišla na chuť stylu jakým píše, ale nakonec jsem byla spokojená a tím, že divadlo propojila s takovým zajímavým akčním dějem tomu dodala šťávu. A možná že i vzbudila zájem u mnohých o samotného Shakespeara. Kdo ho někdy četl ví, že to není nic jednoduchého, ale autorka jeho poezii a úryvky dávkovala přiměřeně a úměrně k ději..(less)

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Jan 01, 2012 R rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Everyone, but particularly literary nerds

Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, real-world

I picked this book up by chance for 50p in the library, and read it in less than two days. I immediately loved all the characters, even the ones I was supposed to loathe, and found myself completely wrapped up in the story. I'm so glad this book is mine and not the library's, as I don't think I'd be able to give it back. I'm always a sucker for literary mysteries, and what I liked about this book is that it never really gave everything away. Even when you finish it, all the questions are not ans...more

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Dec 06, 2011 Nenia Campbell rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: x-2007s, historical-wotsits, the-butler-did-it, reviewed, crème-de-la-crème, everyone-hates-it-but-nenia

I blame the Da Vinci Code for the onslaught of 'OMG famous historical monument/book/painting that's linked with a scandalous seeeeecret that we'd kill to know!' mystery novels coming out. Some are wretched, and some are wonderful — even better than DVC. Thankfully, this belongs to the latter category.

Kate Stanley is an occult Shakespeare scholar. Not occult as in supernatural, but in terms of the older meaning: hidden secrets. In recent years, though, she's traded the third-party observations of...more I blame the Da Vinci Code for the onslaught of 'OMG famous historical monument/book/painting that's linked with a scandalous seeeeecret that we'd kill to know!' mystery novels coming out. Some are wretched, and some are wonderful — even better than DVC. Thankfully, this belongs to the latter category.

Kate Stanley is an occult Shakespeare scholar. Not occult as in supernatural, but in terms of the older meaning: hidden secrets. In recent years, though, she's traded the third-party observations of a scholar for the more active role of a play director: a career she's mostly satisfied in, until one day her old mentor, Roz, rushes into her office with a groundbreaking secret that's going to change her life. Unfortunately, Roz has always had a penchant for dramatics — more suited to a playwright, really, than an antiquarian scholar — and Kate is annoyed and brushes her off.

Until the Globe theater goes up in flames and Roz is found murdered, poisoned, just as Hamlet's father.

I really liked all the Shakespeare trivia and Jacobean/Elizabethan history. I had the pleasure of living in the UK for a stint and one thing that really sets it apart from the States is the rich, loamy history of those countries. Being in Scotland was so humbling, knowing that you were walking on land that had been walked upon for thousands of years, in a thousand different ways, and being able to see the traces that they had left behind. America has no crumbling Medieval castles or standing stones, or old forts and Ancient Men. If you're lucky, you can find arrowheads and Native ruins, but they don't have quite as much of the wow-factor as a quieter, tranquil serenity.

I also liked the fact that Ms. Carrell could write such a believable female protagonist. My God, could Kate be a bit thick sometimes, but she was also extremely likable. I could see myself falling for similar traps, having similar reactions, wanting to believe similar things (were I in her field of choice). The rest of the cast was no less delightfully eccentric, though I'm not going to say anymore about that lest I spoil the wonderful plot. I also loved her enthusiasm of and passion for her research. I feel the same about my own field of psychology. If I were on the verge of unraveling a mystery of the human mind, you can bet I'd be pulling all nighters and renting out one of those library study carrels to sleep in.

So what didn't I like about the book? Nothing, really. I thought the ending was a tad predictable because I've read so many mysteries that it's really hard to surprise me anymore (alas, to be a jaded bookworm) but it shouldn't be a problem for the yet-to-be-disillusioned. It was quite dark, with some references to Titus Andronicus (Shakespeare's most violent play, and, incidentally, one of my favorites) and some of his other creepy plays (i.e. Romeo and Juliet (the ending), Hamlet, Macbeth, etc. etc.), but I liked that, too, although it made me regret reading the book at 2am. Chills! Honestly, this has been the best historical mystery I've read since THE RULE OF FOUR which, despite its low rating, is fantastic. Honestly, I generally agree with the popular vote nine times out of ten, but this one had me scratching my head and going, “Whaaaa...?” If you liked this book, you should definitely read that one next.

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Mar 27, 2011 Samantha rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was assigned this book as Spring Break reading for my college Shakespeare class. My professor meant it as a fun Da Vinci Code-esque thriller that also tackles some key issues about Shakespeare's life, such as who the sonnets are about and who really wrote Shakespeare's plays. While it does deliver on the controversies and some awesome Shakespeare play-references, the "thriller" part I felt was severely lacking. There were way too many solid chunks of thinking and theorizing to move the plot at...more

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Nov 15, 2010 Oreotalpa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Concept: great. Execution...well. I started out enjoying the book well enough. True, the characters were kind of flat. True, the plot twists were predictable and kind of tedious. Two things were dealbreakers for me.

1. Charming older gay man in the role of mentor to the heroine turns out to actually be the villain! Awesome. Arturo Perez-Reverte did this in The Flanders Panel, too, and it infuriated me there. At least here his motives have nothing to do with his sexuality, and his sexuality is wri...more

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Oct 01, 2010 Dlora rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure-action, suspense-thriller

I kept thinking I should like this story more than I did. Yes, a literary romp or an intellectual thriller would describe it well. It's like the Da Vinci code with our heroine deciphering clues that challenge your thinking and race you around the world. The chase is to find a lost Shakespearean play but also to resolve the long-standing question of Shakespeare's real identity. But I kept getting confused and had to go back and refresh my memory. I suspect that someone with a better Shakespearean...more

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Sep 29, 2010 Brackman1066 rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries

Thank you, Jennifer Carrell, for writing one of the first "lost ancient book adventures" I've read that actually allows its educated protagonist to be, you know, knowledgeable about her field. I'll admit that the rank of cultural historians who travel in time and are surprised by garderobes, or D.Phils in Middle English lit who have to look up who Chretien is on the internet probably annoy me more than they should, especially when their field is my field and I know what they had to read for thei...more

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Jun 07, 2010 Tony rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jennifer Lee Carrell- The Shakespeare Secret (Published in the U.S. as Interred with Their Bones) (Plume 2008) 4 Stars

When the Globe theatre suddenly burns down due to arson and Kate Stanley’s mentor dies in the theatre after giving Kate a mysterious gift, she is forced to dig deep into secrets some wish to remain hidden. The gift is the first clue as to what her friend Roz had stumbled upon, and the thing that will throw Kate into a life on the run. She is an expert her field of study, Shakespe...more
Jennifer Lee Carrell- The Shakespeare Secret (Published in the U.S. as Interred with Their Bones) (Plume 2008) 4 Stars

When the Globe theatre suddenly burns down due to arson and Kate Stanley’s mentor dies in the theatre after giving Kate a mysterious gift, she is forced to dig deep into secrets some wish to remain hidden. The gift is the first clue as to what her friend Roz had stumbled upon, and the thing that will throw Kate into a life on the run. She is an expert her field of study, Shakespeare, and she must use every ounce of her knowledge as she spans the globe in search for the truth behind Shakespeare. She is on a deadly quest for the truth that may just destroy everything she holds dear.

Right from page one I was intrigued by this book. Not being a fan of Shakespeare I still found it interesting to learn so much that I did not know about this literary genius. The plot takes the reader on a twisting and winding road that will keep you up late at night biting your nails in anticipation. Just when you think you have everything figured out, something will jump out of nowhere to make you rethink what you had thought right before you can think about what you think right now. Confusing sentence that makes you stop and think? Well I had to stop and think a few times while reading this, not many authors can make me do this so often. The characters were well thought out and I enjoyed reading about them. I will certainly be looking for the sequel to this book as I expect it to be a good one. There were a few cheesy moments, but most books contain at least a few so I will not nit-pick. I enjoyed the setting as it was interesting to see the different parts of the world, although at times it was exhausting to think about how they could trick airport security so easily.

I recommend The Shakespeare Secret (Published in the U.S. as Interred with Their Bones) to anyone who loves Shakespeare, adventure, or a good thriller.

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May 25, 2010 Tina rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, mystery, thiller, twist-on-a-classic

“At the far end of a maze of police barriers and command tents, we came at last to a wide set of double doors. I frowned. They looked like the main doors to the theater. ‘Had to sacrifice everything else,’ said the fire chief… ‘But I think we’ve saved the Globe.’” (p. 21)
“’He looked round and then leaned in close. ‘It’s the First Folio. After the fire last night, the Widener rotunda’s littered with partly charred pages and scraps of the Gutenberg, but so far, they’ve found no identifiable trac...more “At the far end of a maze of police barriers and command tents, we came at last to a wide set of double doors. I frowned. They looked like the main doors to the theater. ‘Had to sacrifice everything else,’ said the fire chief… ‘But I think we’ve saved the Globe.’” (p. 21)
“’He looked round and then leaned in close. ‘It’s the First Folio. After the fire last night, the Widener rotunda’s littered with partly charred pages and scraps of the Gutenberg, but so far, they’ve found no identifiable trace of the Folio.’” (p. 110)
And that is where I had to stop reading this book because despite the mystery being intriguing, it is like the third book I’ve read THIS YEAR where some precious and irreplaceable book (or books) is destroyed. It’s not even done in the name of furthering the plot, it’s mere collateral damage like my light bulbs all going out when my house burns down.
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A story in five acts, the contemporary world (2004) with interludes in Shakespearean England, Interred With Their Bones, was completely captivating. The main characters head off on a dizzying trip to discover why First Folios are being stolen knowing that one person has already died in the search. Kate starts the day off in London and by the end of the book has been to America and Spain in a whirlwind trip. She has seen or heard of the murder of people close to her and people she met along the way, all killed in gruesome Shakespearean methods (poison in the ear, stabbed on the Capitol steps, etc) and it is clear she is to become Lavinia, raped and mutilated. It is intense, enthralling, powerful, and captivating. It is a must read.
On top of the contemporary mystery, there is the question of who, precisely, Shakespeare was. Some are believers in Shakespeare, some are heretics arguing Shakespeare had not the capability and the plays and sonnets were written by another under his name. Either way you can’t write a novel about Shakespeare without touching on the debate and it is handled well and fittingly by Ms. Carrell. She explains the basics of each person’s claim quite well and succinctly while making it clear exactly who her characters root for in the historical mystery. **Major spoiler alert** While she does make it fairly clear who Shakespeare is (at least in the universe of her story), she does not insist on giving that definitive proof that in my view would have ruined the end of the novel.
This review is taken from my blog bibliophilebet.blogspot.com(less)

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Apr 22, 2010 Lauren Fidler rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: shakespeare, da-vinci-code-esque, predictable-villain, mystery

i haven't been this divided on a goodreads' rating in a long, long time. and it's one of the rare occasions where i feel goodreads would really benefit from a half star rating.

the expense of spirit:

1. i'm a sucker for any mystery book that envelops art, literature, and history. it lured me in with the da vinci code and it lured me in here. i like it when my mysteries feel "smart" - it's the lit snob in me.
2. the creepy murders in the style of shakespearean tragic heroes/heroines - oddly, this wa...more i haven't been this divided on a goodreads' rating in a long, long time. and it's one of the rare occasions where i feel goodreads would really benefit from a half star rating.

the expense of spirit:

1. i'm a sucker for any mystery book that envelops art, literature, and history. it lured me in with the da vinci code and it lured me in here. i like it when my mysteries feel "smart" - it's the lit snob in me.
2. the creepy murders in the style of shakespearean tragic heroes/heroines - oddly, this was a plus for me. how cool, if not twisted, a concept than to have a sociopath mirroring key scenes from the bard. half the "fun" was seeing if i could figure out who the victims were before kate could.
3. it was a page-turner. i wanted to know, even though i had a good guess, how things would play out...anytime a book can do that, i feel like it has to be at least partially successful.

the waste of shame:

1. like the da vinci code, the "whodunnit" factor on this one is small. you will have a pretty good idea who the hell kate should and should not be trusting LONG before she does. and, considering that she's one of the top occultist shakespearean scholars, it's a bit distressing that she can't see a conspiracy brewing before her very eyes. in fact, i'd go so far as to say that carrell doesn't work hard enough to make this a much vaster departure from "the da vinci code" - if dan brown couldn't fool me with his plot twists, do you think you can when you regurgitate them???
2. cardenio. SIGH. i love shakespeare. i do. and i'm even game to the possibility that there are plays out there that we may never, ever see. but i'm so done with the whole "cardenio" myth. i am. i've read the books, i've seen the anagrams, i get the conspiracy theories, i totally do. but let sleeping playwrights lie.
3. the format. it was...odd. the novel was broken up into acts, each act containing several chapters and an interlude. while i get the whole "five act/shakespeare" thing, the "happy ending" after all the death and mayhem made the parallel way too complicated to sustain. carrell should have self-edited...it's a cute idea, but so not necessary... and it left me feeling like the whole novel was one of shakespeare's weird "romances" - undefinable in genre, tone, mood, and plot. the interludes, brief flashes back to shakespeare's aging past, also did nothing to further the plot. while interesting, they felt more like parts of another story carrell wanted to tell, a tangent in an already too convoluted thesis. now that's something i know about.

an interesting if imperfect book. i'll read the sequel. hell, it's about macbeth.(less)

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