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The fun part of this book is seeing were it intersects with Hamlet. And the answer is everywhere. Edgar Sawtelle is a mute boy who's family raises super smart dogs in upstate Michigan. His father dies mysteriously and his Uncle moves in with their mom to help raise the dogs. Trouble ensues.
I found myself rushing to read it, I enjoyed it so much. I kept hoping it would veer away from the Hamlet structure and we could get to happy ending, but it doesn't. In the story are ghost and witches and crazy Ophelia in an unlikely state. The depiction of all the character are all well rounded. And Wroblewski uses the interesting device of multiple voice to highlight each characters story line.
If you need a good depressing well written book, I'd check it out.
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"Good" + "Well-Written" + "Depressing" = a book that The Grrl would really like. And she did. I'll pass, thanks. Life is too stressful to read about other people slowly proceeding towards ultimate doom. And i don't mean us.
If you want a list of books that fit under that heading, check out the Pulitzer Prize winners for every year (except for Chabon's Cavalier & Clay - it was only a little depressing.
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When I finished it, I knew it was definitely not for theQueen. Despite it's emphasis on dog rearing. Who doesn't love puppies? But she did read the Christopher Moore book. Hmm. Maybe we're cohabitating with the wrong people?
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Hmmmm...I can't think of a response that isn't going to result in someone using my head as a piñata. I'll just go back to my Tale of the Otori and pretend none of this ever happened.
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Yes, dear.
Didn't we do the tales of the Otori decades ago?
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You sent me the first one, which I misplaced until last year (oops!) and when i read it, I thought "that was a good read" and sallied on to other titles. I came across a remainder of the last book in that series, so I bought it and then sought out the two (!) others. So far, so good!
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