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1580年代，一對住在英格蘭中部的夫妻，生了三個小孩：大女兒蘇珊娜，兒子哈姆奈特、么女茱蒂絲是一對雙胞胎。
時間回溯至15年前，一名拉丁文教師面臨家道中落，為了償還家中債務，他一邊協助手套製作的生意，一邊從事家教，意外遇上令他著迷不已的女孩──艾格妮絲。附近居民都說她是森林女巫的女兒，手臂上總站著一隻紅隼，她具有豐富藥草知識，以及奇特的預言能力。家世迥異的兩人，最終奉子成婚，這段婚姻帶來的解脫與束縛，未必符合他們的期待。
「真正的愛，要愛你原本的樣子，而不是你應該變成的模樣。」
1596年，一個夏日夜晚，這個家的小女兒茱蒂絲不幸染疫，高燒不退。哈姆奈特四處求助，卻沒有任何人回應他的呼救──母親正在一英里外照料花園裡的蜜蜂；當年的拉丁文家教，已成為新銳劇作家，遠在倫敦，全心投入事業。兩人從未預料，他們即將失去心愛的孩子……
4年後，頗負盛名的劇作家寫出史上最有影響力、最震撼人心、歷久不衰的劇作：《哈姆雷特》。
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A beautiful story about family, loss, grief and love. At times the story felt long and boring. Not much happened. I did like how we got a past and present time line in the beginning that gave a good overview of all sides in the story.
Hamnet é um livro que surpreende. Inicialmente, achei difícil conectar-me com a narrativa, mas tudo mudou a partir do capítulo que descreve a propagação da peste, a mesma que infetará uma das crianças. A partir daí, o livro deixou de ser algo desinteressante, embora muito bem escrito, e tornou-se profundamente perturbador, marcante e fascinante. É daqueles livros que exige persistência para que se aprenda a apreciá-lo. O último capítulo, antes do segundo ato, é devastador. Termina de forma sublime com Agnes a testemunhar a dor de um pai que ela julgava insensível, mas que, na verdade, sofria tanto que desejava trocar de lugar com o filho. Quem não o faria?
I wanted to read this before I see the trailer of the film, then I saw the trailer and thought I better read it, then it shows up on tiktok with all those silly crying people only watching it, probably never read it, kinda skimming it a bit but at least introducing me to the soundtrack by Max Richter. So anyway I hurrird up and read it before tiktok ruined it and the film all the more.I enjoyed the book, enjoyed O'Farrell's style of writing. It is very cinematic and I can't wait to see if the film matches how I imagined it. I tried not to let the clips I had seen influence me too much.Her style didn't really lend you to becoming too close, or too involved in the story or characters. I don't think it matched the emotional depression depicted by all those crying people coming out of the cinema with their "after Hamnet" faces - streaming mascara, panda eyes. I did listen to the soundtrack and honestly that probably helped me cry a little more. I thought that it could have been more - the exploration of grief felt a little too shallow to me but I do not know how spoilt I was by watching the clips on tiktok. Still a beautiful book. Do think I ought to have read more of Hamlet though too begin with to pathways better understand the end.