Yeah, obviously there was something wrong with him, but I'm the kind of person who would like to know exactly what.
So what do you think Essay and Forte did when they ran off in the woods together?
My theories (in descending order of likelihood):
They hunted and killed some animal.
They got into a fight.
They mated.
Do you think the first Forte was Gar or Claude's dog and who do you think shot him? I'm really not sure on that one.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
I don't have a comment to add except that like Kim I found this book incredibly depressing. It left me feeling bad and that's not the type of experience I'm looking for when I pick up a piece of fiction.
The book is beautifully written, and I enjoyed it up until the end. LOL
P.S. I knew it was a Hamlet parallel but not until I was quite a way into it..... I didn't much like Hamlet either.
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I don't have a comment to add except that like Kim I found this book incredibly depressing. It left me feeling bad and that's not the type of experience I'm looking for when I pick up a piece of fiction.
The book is beautifully written, and I enjoyed it up until the end. LOL
So in general, folks thought it was great until the end?
Or like Kim, that there were too many unexplained backstories throughout?
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The unexplained back stories didn't bother me, although I get that a lot of people dislike that. I don't usually mind filling in the blanks and letting my imagination run on.
Yes, the ending was depressing. I think the thing I most disliked about the ending was not the death so much, but that whole bizarre scene with Edgar's mother pinned to the ground by the cop. In a book filled with magical and mystical kinds of moments, that one really fell flat, IMHO.
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Yes, Glenn, who I think is Laertes to Claude (Claudius), and everyone else in the story, fails to communicate everything most needing to be communicated. Maybe Edgar's muteness is part of the what I think might be a huge underlying message about failure to communicate with those we love.
Almondine was Ophelia, I thought, and was pushed away by Edgar just as Ophelia was pushed away by Hamlet because of her suspected liking for Claudius (Claude).
I guess for me the whole dog story woven into a modern Hamlet was fabulous (in the fable sense) and wonderful. Almondine's perceptions were so believable to me, and when she realizes that she has a job, a new job and a lifelong one, I found that perception thrilling.
Almondine was wonderful.
Well, the book sure didn't leave anyone with a lack of strong opinion, did it? LOL
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