Title: Trying Too Hard
Product review: I wish I had read other reader reviews before spending my money and time, but mostly my time on this book. The "professional" reviews have got it all wrong, it;s not really very good at all. I am left with the impression that the author is trying to impress us with his knowledge of Shakespeare, his cleverness over Hamlet,his understanding of psychoanalysis, his admiration for Freud/hatred of Jung and his research of old New York. Only the last of these works at all. It's what kept me motivated to finish the book though I do confess to skipping paragraphs about 60% into it. The plot, which is summed up extremely well by a number of the Amazon reviewers has great potential - initially you get really sucked in - but then in the end feel robbed. There are so many threads that don't really ever come together, the dialog in many cases is amateurish,the intertwining of Hamlet gets boring and overall the plot is forced. Basically a dissappointing read.
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