"The Tragedy of Arthur" - Arthur Phillips

The tragedy of Ebooks is that you can't flip through them before committing and buying your $12 file.  Had I been able to do that, I probably wouldn't have gone with this book as half of it is a "Shakespearean tale" and I don't really like reading Shakespeare.

The novels first half centers around the character of Arthur Phillips, a man who has never been able to forgive his con-artist father for being in prison his whole life.  It also incorporates his twin sister and to a minimal extent his family in a foreign country.  But in all honesty, I didn't really care for the book and felt that the emotional connections were too far reaching and less than plausible.  Phillips has a tendency to introduce characters and let them slip away.

boohoo, whatever, I shall read something else. Like this super interesting article describing an event that happened a long while ago that is basically the same idea as the book!

Rating: **