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danadoesbooks 's review for:
dark
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
That Way Madness Lies is a collection of short stories edited by Dahlia Adler and based on William Shakespeare's plays. This collection reimagines the tales in various ways like setting them in modern times and adding LGBTQIA+ representation. In Adler's story "I Bleed", Shai is able to get justice for Shylock from Merchant of Venice.
It is no surprise that "Shipwrecked" by Mark Oshiro, the retelling of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night was my favorite story. Twelfth Night was the first Shakespeare play that I read and has always been my favorite. Oshiro's queer retelling brought this tale of twin identity mix up into the modern age.
I recommend alternating between the comedy and tragedy stories. The book is set up with all of the comedies in the first half and the tragedies in the second. I enjoyed both but some of the tragedies are dark and very true to the original plays. Samantha Mabry's Macbeth retelling, "We Fail", still haunts me!
It is no surprise that "Shipwrecked" by Mark Oshiro, the retelling of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night was my favorite story. Twelfth Night was the first Shakespeare play that I read and has always been my favorite. Oshiro's queer retelling brought this tale of twin identity mix up into the modern age.
I recommend alternating between the comedy and tragedy stories. The book is set up with all of the comedies in the first half and the tragedies in the second. I enjoyed both but some of the tragedies are dark and very true to the original plays. Samantha Mabry's Macbeth retelling, "We Fail", still haunts me!