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Title: Dating Hamlet: Ophelia's Story by Lisa Fiedler, William Hamlet Shakespeare ISBN: 0-8050-7054-0 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Depressed about Hamlet's Tragedy? How 'bout try a Happy one?
Comment: Well, i wouldn't say that this was the best novel i have ever read, but i wouldn't say it was bad. True enough, there are several points that are not at all corrisponding to Shakespeare's Hamlet, but it was over all amusing, if you want a Hamlet with a happy ending where everything goes alright and they live happily ever after, well here's your choice! it was an interesting read through and through, even though the idea is not exactly original because it was based on Shakespear's work, i'd say it is a original as it CAN be. Ophelia is a character who did not have enough influence to Hamlet in shakespear's play, now? and i agree with the author's idea about the fact that if Ophelia was a bit stronger, then she might have actually prevented this tragedy from happening, and she therefore created this version of Hamlet which is not only works but flows fairly well despiet the changes to the Original Hamlet.
I think that over all this novel was fairly interesting, i wouldn't call it 100 out of 100 points, but i think, for an teenage novel targeted for young adults i think this is an overall good read, worth your time. i especially liked the ending where the author cleverly brings in Romeo and Juliet, i'm actually hoping there might be a "Dating Romeo" in one of her next works.
Rating: 3
Summary: Dating Hamlet- My thoughts
Comment: It depends what you are looking for when you read this book. If you are looking for a story mirroring Shakespeares classic tragedy in every detail, then you will be disapointed, for in this version a lot of details have been twisted.
If, however, you open this book because you want to read a story about love, treachery and friendship in the Middle Ages from the perspective of a teenage girl, thn you will find this book better suited to you.
It is best not to read this with any expectations of it becoming your favourite book of alltime, because though the storyline is mildly interesting, and the language used conforms with the set time, and occasionly uses some original text from Shakespeare's play, the narrator (Ophelia ofcourse) seems a bit unbelievable, and the happy ending too contrived to be conceivably possible.
All in all, I'd say this book is worth buying if you've got a bit of spare cash and want a book to read on a rainy day, but it's not the sort of book I would recommend to make a big fuss about getting your hands on.
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: Dating Hamlet is good for anyone who does not like Shakespear. The original Hamlet is an ingenious tragedy, and Fiedler makes a joke out of it. All seriousness is lost by this false Ophelia play-acting everything. Fiedler's dialect is really bad, and it distracts from the plot of the story. I gave this book two stars instead of one because I couldn't seem to put it down. I did not like some of the things Fielder added (such as Polonius not being Ophelia's father, which wasn't in the orignal Hamlet.) If you want to read a great fantasy book with a strong female role, this isn't it. If you like Shakespear, don't read this book. But if you like characters who seem a little egotistical and fakey, this is the book for you.
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Title: The First Part Last (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) by Angela Johnson ISBN: 0689849222 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler ISBN: 0763619582 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Depression: What You Need to Know (Health and Human Disease) by Margaret O. Hyde, Elizabeth H., MD Forsyth ISBN: 0531118924 Publisher: Franklin Watts Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr ISBN: 0618141812 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Pub. Date: 29 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: True Confessions of a Heartless Girl by Martha Brooks ISBN: 0374378061 Publisher: Melanie Kroupa Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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