lizzym126's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Grief, and Child death
Moderate: Medical content, Animal death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity
mmefish's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.75
The characters, for one, are underdeveloped; even Agnes, who we spend most of the time with. Hamnet himself barely shows up on the page. (Why is it even called "Hamnet", when it's really not about him? Though I'm not sure what this book is really about.)
It's tropey: a weird witchy young woman, an evil stepmother, twins switching places.
So many hints and secondary plots but nothing was done with them in the end.
The ending is a big letdown. We spend dozens of pages reading about depression and grief, and then it all ends abruptly.
It's... okay.
Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Pregnancy, and Death
Moderate: Child abuse and Animal cruelty
dnvrdnvr's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death and Pregnancy
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse and Animal death
rosenau's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child death, War, Death, Grief, Terminal illness, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child abuse, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Physical abuse
Minor: Miscarriage, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Sexual content
hilarylouise's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Terminal illness and Grief
Moderate: Mental illness, Child death, and Death
Minor: Animal death and Death of parent
directorpurry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Medical content, Child abuse, Death, Pregnancy, Grief, Animal death, Terminal illness, and Child death
Minor: Death of parent
alayamorning's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Child death, and Grief
Moderate: Child abuse
pollyhall's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Gore, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Child death, and Infidelity
magibeth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Grief, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Physical abuse
Minor: Gaslighting, Blood, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Animal death
madisonbell_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Grief and Child death
Moderate: Animal death