The Gap of Time by Jeanette WintersonMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
This book was so incredibly disappointing because it could have been such a great story. So I originally picked this book to read because I have always loved Shakespeare in high school, but this book fell so flat compared to the original works. This beginning of the story had a very promising start. I was intrigued by Xeno and Leo's friendship and I loved how the author didn't start the story from Tony and Perdita's perspective. And...that was probably the end of the best part of the book.
Here were my major problems with this book:
1. The characters were outlandish. I know Shakespeare has crazy plot twists and ridiculous characters, but as a contemporary retelling, there needs to be a bridge to gap the two worlds. This book did a horrible job to make the story feel contemporary and realistic. Do we really go around finding people named Xeno? (view spoiler)
2. The writing was very amateur. I was wondering half the time throughout the book whether anyone even bothered to proof-read the final product. For example, the name Xeno changed on one page to Zeno and then changed back. When you were first introduced to Roni, his name was spelled Ronnie instead. These mistakes are found in fifth-grade essays, not a published work.
3. The ending was horrible. As I mentioned before, the beginning of the book was very promising. I was intrigued by the plot, but parts 2 and 3 were so dull that I basically fell asleep reading EVERY SINGLE TIME. And the ending was super rushed and extremely anticlimactic. It felt like the story ended because the author ran out of paper to write on or something and decided that everyone should fall in love and live happily ever after in three pages. Horrible.
Honestly, this book is two stars. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
NOTE: I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.
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