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I'm not one who shies away from lush writing, but the relentlessly repetitive adjectives and non-intuitive comma constructions made my reading experience feel like driving over a rutted dirt track. The first half was also emotionally slow-going for me. The characters felt more like archetypes than individuals, with the Shakespeare association being the main draw, and which doesn't seem to be leading anywhere until the very end. For much of the book, I wondered if the Shakespeare tie-in was merel
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I suppose my expectations for this were quite high, which made it harder for the book to live up to them. Also, this book did not translate well to audio format. This is definitely one to read in print--the beautiful writing and lyrical descriptions were too quickly glossed over as an audiobook. Then again, the audiobook won an earphones award, so maybe I'm in the minority on this.
The book was slow to start for me, but by the end I was engulfed in the story and the heartbreak of it all. The desc ...more
The book was slow to start for me, but by the end I was engulfed in the story and the heartbreak of it all. The desc ...more
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