چقدر کتاب رو دوست داشتم. پر از احساس بود. واقعا فیلم حتی نصف این احساسات رو هم نتونسته بود به تصویر بکشه.

boring and reactionary

“Agnes comprende que ha hecho lo que habría deseado hacer cualquier padre, sufrir él para que no sufriera su hijo, ponerse en su lugar, ofrecerse a sí mismo a cambio para que el niño pudiera vivir.”

Ha sido tan duro, tan íntimo, pero a la vez tan bonito. Cómo dos personas pueden vivir una misma pérdida de maneras tan completamente distintas. Agnes me ha encantado, su forma de sentir y percibir el mundo, y he sufrido muchísimo con ella.

Un libro sobre la muerte que, al final, me ha parecido sobre todo un libro sobre las distintas formas que encontramos de mantener vivos a quienes ya no están. Precioso y doloroso a partes iguales.

I know that some people don’t like this and I’m happy I’m not one of them lol

I actually really enjoyed reading this book. The writing caught my attention, the story kept me there and I truly enjoyed reading about these characters.

Grief was on every page, some may like the portrayal and some not. I did cause it really made the story whole (in my humble opinion).

Definitely would recommend :)

the easiest 5 stars I've ever given. i loved it and I'll recommend it to everyone interested in historical fiction and shakespeare. I'll re-read this soon, I'm sure of it.

You know why this book didn't hit the right spot for me? It's because of the book blurb! It revealed the whole story, the saddest moment (which happened halfway through the book and fell flat because I knew it was coming). That's why I almost never read book blurbs, but what's done is done. Despite that, the book had some very intense moments, it deals with loss and grief and life in between. The writing is beautiful and you get into the atmosphere fast. The premise in itself (Shakespeare wrote Hamlet because of his grief about his son (I'm not spoiling anything it's in the effing blurb)) cannot be verified, but it's interesting to build a story on, and the writer enjoyed that freedom of imagination to write a whole book about it. Overall, highly enjoyable (and quite heartbreaking) !