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A review by 8bitreader
Macbeth #killingit by Courtney Carbone, William Shakespeare
5.0
So I picked this book up out of sheer curiosity when I had some extra time to kill. Macbeth is my favorite Shakespeare play, so when I saw the entire series, I thought this would be a good place to start. Needless to say, I wasn't expecting much, which only made me more surprised and impressed when the content was genuinely funny, charming, and clever.
The text talk can get a little tedious, but I think that that's just because of the medium. Texting lingo changes so frequently that I don't think there's a way you can write it without it sounding dated. And besides, if you can look past the clunky text speak, there are some genuinely hilarious lines. The book really takes advantage of its medium and condenses things extremely well. Carbone is amazing and undercutting some of the overly dramatic bits of Macbeth, usually with a punchline, but sometimes by just punctuating every other word with emojis. It brings a levity to Macbeth that I didn't know it needed but very much appreciate.
Is this book for everyone? No. Do I only like it because it caters to my specific weird brand of humor? Most likely. I feel like you have to be in a very specific demographic to like this as much as I do, and even then it's unlikely, but I enjoyed every bit of this.
The text talk can get a little tedious, but I think that that's just because of the medium. Texting lingo changes so frequently that I don't think there's a way you can write it without it sounding dated. And besides, if you can look past the clunky text speak, there are some genuinely hilarious lines. The book really takes advantage of its medium and condenses things extremely well. Carbone is amazing and undercutting some of the overly dramatic bits of Macbeth, usually with a punchline, but sometimes by just punctuating every other word with emojis. It brings a levity to Macbeth that I didn't know it needed but very much appreciate.
Is this book for everyone? No. Do I only like it because it caters to my specific weird brand of humor? Most likely. I feel like you have to be in a very specific demographic to like this as much as I do, and even then it's unlikely, but I enjoyed every bit of this.