Beth S. (drama329) reviewed on 9/5/2009 + 8 more book reviews

This is a hard book to discuss. I liked it but had a hard time getting into it. After reading page, say, 100, I started to care what happened. Then it was good. Bertie lives in a magic theatre where every character in a play (ever written) is being "held". If you are into Shakespeare and enjoy theatre this is a good book to read. The writing was a little childish, but I am not sure what age would like this. I would say 8th-9th grade is all that would willingly read AND understand this- if you haven't read/know the plot of Hamlet it will be hard to follow. This book mentions so many of Shakespeare's characters and plays if might make kids (and other readers) want to go try and read his work- that would be great!...It's a good "beach" read, but don't look for too much substance in this work...that being said, I would be interested in seeing Book 2 of this series when/if it comes out.

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