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That Way Madness Lies: 15 of Shakespeare's Most Notable Works Reimagined by Dahlia Adler
4 reviews
booksthatburn's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content and Toxic relationship
collie98's review against another edition
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Antisemitism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Transphobia
sarah984's review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
This anthology of Shakespeare retellings was pretty hit or miss for me. I really enjoyed some of the stories but others felt superficial in terms of not engaging with the themes of the original in any way, or they could be kind of corny in that way where YA authors really want you to know How Diverse Their Story Is. Most of the stories do also presume a familiarity with the original so I wouldn't really recommend this if you're not already at least vaguely familiar with the plays listed in the summary.
Favourites: Severe Weather Warning by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka (The Tempest), I Bleed by Dahlia Adler (The Merchant of Venice), Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow by Kiersten White (Romeo and Juliet) and The Tragedy of Cory Lanez: An Oral History by Tochi Onyebuchi (Coriolanus)
Favourites: Severe Weather Warning by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka (The Tempest), I Bleed by Dahlia Adler (The Merchant of Venice), Partying is Such Sweet Sorrow by Kiersten White (Romeo and Juliet) and The Tragedy of Cory Lanez: An Oral History by Tochi Onyebuchi (Coriolanus)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Antisemitism and Bullying
Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Murder
Minor: Animal death and Stalking
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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