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Book Review of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
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I loved this book. It captured my time for a couple of days, much like only a few books: Thornbirds, Clan of the Cave Bear, Pillars of the Earth... The writing is so easy to read with Wroblewski's cadence and beautiful poetic descriptions. On the internet there's an interview with the author and he was asked point blank about the Hamlet comparison. He set out to write a dog story that followed the Hamlet story line. So now I want to reread Hamlet. At the end of the book there was some resolution but not what I would have preferred happen. So in my mind I continued the story and MY version of the end is more satisfying.