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A review by alongreader
That Way Madness Lies by Lindsay Smith, Cory McCarthy, Mark Oshiro, Kiersten White, Lily Anderson, Samantha Mabry, Dahlia Adler, Emily Wibberley, A.R. Capetta, Anna-Marie McLemore, K. Ancrum, Ibi Zoboi, Melissa Bashardoust, Brittany Cavallaro, Tochi Onyebuchi, Austin Siegemund-Broka, Joy McCullough, Patrice Caldwell
4.0
We all know Shakespeare's stories and phrases, whether we know it or not. Fifteen authors have picked their favourite story - and in one case, sonnet - and reimagined it with present, or occasionally past or future, characters and settings. The result is an incredible mix of new interpretations of this stories.
Ok, don't shoot me, but; I'm not a huge Shakespeare fan. I appreciate that he was amazingly brilliant and that the plays are wonderful ruminations on humanity at its best and worst. I've just never really enjoyed them.
But I did enjoy these short stories. Some more than others, as always with short story collections, but none were any less than interesting and some were fascinating. I think I liked Macbeth best, but Romeo and Juliet had a wonderfully creepy tone! I would also love to read more of the King Lear featured here, it's really intriguing.
This is a great collection and would make a fabulous accompaniment to the script of any of the featured plays. Wonderful.
Ok, don't shoot me, but; I'm not a huge Shakespeare fan. I appreciate that he was amazingly brilliant and that the plays are wonderful ruminations on humanity at its best and worst. I've just never really enjoyed them.
But I did enjoy these short stories. Some more than others, as always with short story collections, but none were any less than interesting and some were fascinating. I think I liked Macbeth best, but Romeo and Juliet had a wonderfully creepy tone! I would also love to read more of the King Lear featured here, it's really intriguing.
This is a great collection and would make a fabulous accompaniment to the script of any of the featured plays. Wonderful.