4.5. OK, I'm a sucker for a good meta-Hamlet. And Enter Ghost is often a brilliant novel, hitting that sweet spot of good character work and exploring wider identities - what is a Palestinian, what is an actor, the way oppression forces everyone to perform at all times; the roles are already written, the question is just who the circumstances will force into which role. Nay, I know not "seems". All while the pressure keeps building outside the safety that the castle or the stage offers.

So for long stretches, this is a pure 5-star for me. Two things bring it down ever so slightly; the ending, which feels both perfect and incredibly frustrating; and the feeling that this 2023 novel is already outdated, its questions made obsolete by a real world that is content to let not just Rosencrantz & Guildenstern die offstage. It can't help the latter, obviously.