Master of the Revels

A Return to Neal Stephenson's D. O. D. O.

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Nicole Galland: Master of the Revels (2021, HarperCollins Publishers)

768 pages

English language

Published June 3, 2021 by HarperCollins Publishers.

ISBN:
978-0-06-284489-7
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4 stars (1 review)

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Surprising suspenseful

4 stars

Hard to put down. I was deep into plot and characters. The story is absurd, but that was what I needed.

As a fan of dystopia and speculative hard sci-fi, it was great to have a lighthearted read like this. I like history, but am not a history nerd. I thought Shakespeare was fine as a student, and I am an English professor, but I am not at all a Shakespeare nerd. History and Shakespeare are two main themes here and it didn't bother me one bit to learn some interesting tidbits along the way.

Sure, I wouldn't have read the first book in the series had Neal Stephenson not been the coauthor. I admit that. I am certainly glad that the story continued on here.

Hope to read another absurd story in this series someday.