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Sep 29, 2016 09:18AM
Reading for week 49: a book with a great opening line. "So here I am, upside down in a woman." The narrator is a fetus and the story is a take off on Hamlet. The fetus is aware that his mother and uncle are planning to kill his father.
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I just stumbled on this book while browsing the GR Awards nominee for my 2017 and I read your review. I don't know why, but I'm really hesitant to add it to my TBR, what do you think?
Sophie wrote: "I just stumbled on this book while browsing the GR Awards nominee for my 2017 and I read your review. I don't know why, but I'm really hesitant to add it to my TBR, what do you think?"Well, I really enjoyed it but then I'm a fan of quirky books.
Ok, I love quirky books too, so in my TBR it goes ;)
:-) Enjoy!
I read this for topic 1 of 2017, a book from the Goodreads Choice Awards. I loved it! One review said the fetus, who narrates the book, is a cross between Hamlet and Stewie (of the TV show Family Guy). Very clever and funny and literate. I recommended it to my book club and we had so much fun discussing it.
I read this for 2019, Topic 5 Inspired by Shakespeare. Inspiration was Hamlet.McEwen has really offered a unique story: a fetus listens and reflects as his mother and uncle plot to kill his father.
Celia wrote: "I read this for 2019, Topic 5 Inspired by Shakespeare. Inspiration was Hamlet.McEwen has really offered a unique story: a fetus listens and reflects as his mother and uncle plot to kill his father."
Glad you enjoyed it, Celia.
