Tag: Hamlet

Hamlet is Not OK

Hamlet is Not OK

by R. A. Spratt (Penguin, 2023); audiobook read by R. A. Spratt (Penguin Random House Australia, 2023)

Book cover: “Hamlet is Not OK” by R.A. Spratt (Penguin, 2023); audiobook read by R.A. Spratt (Penguin Random House Australia, 2023)

MG masquerading as YA. Though the speculative mechanism alters without explanation (beyond authorial convenience), the mental health aspect is worth its weight, and the protagonist’s small-town backstory makes for a peculiarly Australian point of difference. Viva Hamlet’s sojourn in the real world!

Hamlet, Revenge!

Hamlet, Revenge!

by Michael Innes (Gollancz, 1937); audiobook read by Matt Addis (2015)

Book cover: “Hamlet, Revenge!” by Michael Innes (Gollancz, 1937); audiobook read by Matt Addis (2015)

Poetic and engaging. A clever, complicated mystery, rendered slightly unsatisfying by the lengthy preamble and the shifting narrative perspective. Innes has everything planned out but cannot contrive for Appleby to solve the case alone (or even with the help of Giles Gott).

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