Shakespeare for Squirrels

Shakespeare for Squirrels by Christopher Moore

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


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The Shakespear riffs aren't Christopher Moore's strongest works but they're enjoyable nonetheless. This one was a little more convoluted than most but still good. It plays with Shakespeare's Mid Summer Night's Dream, keeps the action flowing and provides a few chuckles along the way.

Personally I prefer his vampire series - provided two books constitute a series - and I think Abigail is his strongest character and I think I've read most, if not all of his books. Some of her is reflected in Cobweb. It was an excellent idea to pretty much remove Jeff from this book and replace him at the end with Cobweb. Jeff was his weakest character. This bodes well for future stories in the Shakespeare series although having used the easier ones, he may have his work cut out for him going forward.

I also appreciated the Afterward in which he explains his thinking when he developed this book. I definitely recommend it for writers.

Overall, this is a pretty good book, not great but certainly worth reading.



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