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Cymbeline
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Linda ~ they got the mustard out! ~'s review
bookshelves: audiobook, borrowed-other, classics, read-in-2023, 3-and-a-half-stars, historical, set-in-pre-1600s, outside-the-usa, too-many-coicidences
Feb 24, 2023
bookshelves: audiobook, borrowed-other, classics, read-in-2023, 3-and-a-half-stars, historical, set-in-pre-1600s, outside-the-usa, too-many-coicidences
3.5 stars
This started out promising, but by the end, it was so convoluted and twisted around on itself to bring all the pieces together that I couldn't suspend disbelief anymore.
Curious, a bit, that this is titled Cymbeline since he's not in it as much as you'd expect, though he is the driving motivator for all the events that take place. He wasn't a bad king, per se, just a bit hasty in banishing people - his daughter's husband, for instance - and he was stuck in a bad marriage. Say what you want about Henry VIII, but he knew how to get himself out of marriages, lol.
Posthumus (that used to be a name?! I kept waiting for him to die and be recognized posthumously, but alas.) does a stupid thing and pays for it, for awhile, but then gets everything back in the end, darn it. I really liked Imogen, and I wanted a better outcome for her, but I guess she's happy to get back her idiot husband who (view spoiler). There really were slim pickings for women back in the day, weren't there? 🤦🏻♀️ I guess he was a better option to Cloten, who gave slime a new meaning.
This started out promising, but by the end, it was so convoluted and twisted around on itself to bring all the pieces together that I couldn't suspend disbelief anymore.
Curious, a bit, that this is titled Cymbeline since he's not in it as much as you'd expect, though he is the driving motivator for all the events that take place. He wasn't a bad king, per se, just a bit hasty in banishing people - his daughter's husband, for instance - and he was stuck in a bad marriage. Say what you want about Henry VIII, but he knew how to get himself out of marriages, lol.
Posthumus (that used to be a name?! I kept waiting for him to die and be recognized posthumously, but alas.) does a stupid thing and pays for it, for awhile, but then gets everything back in the end, darn it. I really liked Imogen, and I wanted a better outcome for her, but I guess she's happy to get back her idiot husband who (view spoiler). There really were slim pickings for women back in the day, weren't there? 🤦🏻♀️ I guess he was a better option to Cloten, who gave slime a new meaning.
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Reading Progress
February 23, 2023
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Started Reading
February 23, 2023
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February 23, 2023
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to-be-read
February 23, 2023
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audiobook
February 23, 2023
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borrowed-other
February 23, 2023
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classics
February 24, 2023
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"Funny how men think making a bet with their "best friend" to test their wives' honor never once stop to consider that by making such a bet, they're disproving their own honor and how unworthy they are of their wives' trust. And by funny, I mean not at all. 🙄🙄🙄😠"
February 24, 2023
– Shelved as:
read-in-2023
February 24, 2023
– Shelved as:
3-and-a-half-stars
February 24, 2023
– Shelved as:
historical
February 24, 2023
– Shelved as:
set-in-pre-1600s
February 24, 2023
– Shelved as:
outside-the-usa
February 24, 2023
– Shelved as:
too-many-coicidences
February 24, 2023
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Finished Reading
