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The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

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4.0

enjoyable comedy about couples and suitors 
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

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emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A beautiful story woven of a cast of Shakespeare's family telling of the story around Shakespeare's son, Hamnet's, death and the resulting play named after him.

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Ways of Seeing by John Berger

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informative

0.5

very outdated concepts

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The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

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lighthearted slow-paced

3.0

eh romcom
thought it would be more hallmarky but it was very slow burn with barely any relationship
a girl from Birmingham gets laid off from her library position and decides on a whim to buy a van in the scottish highlands and start her own bookstore. this is dearly needed in the remote highlands and helps bring the community together. meanwhile she falls in love with a man who drives trains through the town she’s renting in and eventually also falls for her highland farmer landlord 
Henry VIII by William Shakespeare

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slow-paced

1.0

very boring, too polite
only follows his divorce of his first wife and then quick marriage and birth with Anne Boelin
ends with a prediction that β€œthe following kings and queens will be great πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€β€