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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

By: David Wroblewski

2008; 564 pages

Rating: 2.5

I've read this story before. I've studied this story in very minute detail before. The only trouble is, I didn't know that The Story of Edgar Sawtelle was really a re-telling of Shakespeare's Hamlet until I was about half way through it. Up until then, I was really enjoying the book. But once I realized that I was reading a modern Hamlet, I didn't like it as much.

Wroblewski is a great writer. His words and images are amazing as they dance across the page and into the mind's eye. I would have just liked to have read a more unique story line. Don't get me wrong; I love Hamlet. I think it's one of Shakespeare's best. I just really don't like it when an author completely rips off the storyline of another author.

I enjoyed reading The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. However, I knew how everything was going to end. I hate knowing how something is going to end before I get to the end. So, I guess, if you don't mind that, or are not as familiar with Hamlet as I am, you'll probably like it better than I did.