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I wanted to like this more than I did. The plot is potentially kind of cool -- two young people (Carolyn and Crosetti) who work at a bookstore that specializes in rare books find clues to a possible unknown Shakespeare play. The story is a mystery on two levels: present day New York and 17th C England. Both of these stories were a bit annoying though. The story in England is written in a set of letters about a person who is spying on Shakespeare. The letters are fairly interesting, and that story unfolds nicely; however, they are written using phonetic spelling that is headache-inducing. The other part of the book takes place in modern day NY and is ludicrous -- it involves the young couple, the Russian mafia, kidnapping, and this idiotic lawyer who just loves sex. Sex, sex, sex. His whole life revolves around sex with inappropriate people, yet he loves his wife just so, so much. One of the world's more annoying characters. So, do I recommend this book? No, not really. You'd be better off revisiting your favorite Shakespeare play.

2022-11-14 13:46