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A review by kateships
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
emotional
sad
4.25
This broke me. I know it’s fictional as we know very little about the actual people depicted, but it was so beautiful.
Agnes is the main character of this, really. I didn’t expect to find such a sweet love story, the heavy depiction of grief that I really felt, or the end that was abrupt but just right.
It’s hard to recommend because once you get to the part where the big thing happens, it’s SO hard to read because of how devastating it is, but it was exceptional and I loved how the author ended it.
Agnes is the main character of this, really. I didn’t expect to find such a sweet love story, the heavy depiction of grief that I really felt, or the end that was abrupt but just right.
It’s hard to recommend because once you get to the part where the big thing happens, it’s SO hard to read because of how devastating it is, but it was exceptional and I loved how the author ended it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Terminal illness
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Death of parent