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That Way Madness Lies: 15 of Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined by Dahlia Adler
2 reviews
carlyoc's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I think I would have appreciated this more if I was familiar with more of Shakespeare's works. The only ones I really know well are A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet, so those were the only ones where I was able to truly appreciate the parts where the authors called back to the original story and the places where they deliberately departed from it.
Some of my favorite stories were the contemporary hurricane retelling of The Tempest, "Severe Weather Warning" by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka; a version of The Taming of the Shrew where people can only see the world in black and white until they meet their soulmate, "Taming of the Soulmate by K. Ancrum, an imagining of what it would be like to be the dark-skinned stolen child of the fair-skinned fairies of A Midsummer Night's Dream, "King of the Fairies" by Anna-Marie McLemore; and a vampire retelling of Hamlet, "Alsinar" by Patrice Caldwell.
There was diverse representation of characters who were trans, asexual, nonbinary, etc.
Some of my favorite stories were the contemporary hurricane retelling of The Tempest, "Severe Weather Warning" by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka; a version of The Taming of the Shrew where people can only see the world in black and white until they meet their soulmate, "Taming of the Soulmate by K. Ancrum, an imagining of what it would be like to be the dark-skinned stolen child of the fair-skinned fairies of A Midsummer Night's Dream, "King of the Fairies" by Anna-Marie McLemore; and a vampire retelling of Hamlet, "Alsinar" by Patrice Caldwell.
There was diverse representation of characters who were trans, asexual, nonbinary, etc.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism and Car accident
Moderate: Suicide and Miscarriage
melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I absolutely loved this collection of short retellings of many of Shakespeare's plays. It is always hard to review anthologies, because typically some of the stories will be amazing and some I won't like as much, but I did really enjoy each one of these. My absolute favorites were the stories by Anna-Marie McLemore and Dahlia Adler.
These were super enjoyable and some of them really made me think. I loved making comparisons to the originals and seeing how the authors changed. I especially loved when there were author's notes at the ends of the stories describing how the authors came up with their retelling!
These were super enjoyable and some of them really made me think. I loved making comparisons to the originals and seeing how the authors changed. I especially loved when there were author's notes at the ends of the stories describing how the authors came up with their retelling!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide, Death, Transphobia, Ableism, Racism, Homophobia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Miscarriage
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