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I've long been a fan of Anne Tyler, and couldn't wait to read this new short novel. It lived up to my expectations, with the bitter-sweet flavour and vividly realised characters which are her trademarks. One in a series of novels loosely based on Shakespeare, the novel reworks the plot of The Taming of the Shrew. An outspoken young pre-school teacher, Katherine, is persuaded by her professor father into a marriage of convenience with his lab assistant, Pyotr, to prevent him being deported.
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An engaging and entertaining tale as Tyler’s Kate surprises herself in turning her stifled vinegary situation into a velvety full-bouquet life.
Taming of the Shrew was my first Shakespeare book/play and started me on a journey to read more of his plays. So, I was excited that the Hogarth Shakespeare series decided that this would be one of the storylines to get a contemporary facelift.
Tyler brings her trademark Baltimore location, eccentric characters, and zany family dynamics to the essence of T ...more
Taming of the Shrew was my first Shakespeare book/play and started me on a journey to read more of his plays. So, I was excited that the Hogarth Shakespeare series decided that this would be one of the storylines to get a contemporary facelift.
Tyler brings her trademark Baltimore location, eccentric characters, and zany family dynamics to the essence of T ...more
The concept of this book is fun and it sounded charming, however it just doesn't live up to expectation. First of all, the characters are all one dimensional and I never really found myself rooting for anyone. There have been plenty of books I enjoyed where I didn't like the characters as people but I still wanted certain outcomes and still understood their personalities. This was not the case with this book as no one seemed like a whole person. When Kate gave her speech about how hard it is to
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This was as delightful as any retelling of the Taming of the Shrew could be; that play will always be gross, so there were gross things about this, but Anne Tyler did as much lovely subverting as possible.
Jan 17, 2016
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