A review by jenmeleon
Macbeth by David Hewson, A.J. Hartley

4.0

A quick read and a good retelling/expansion of the play many are so familiar with. I haven't read Macbeth (the play) in years, but as I was reading this book, the story came back to me and I could see where the authors of the novel picked up on some of the themes prevalent in the Shakespearean work but also allowed them to take a new direction. The dynamic between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth and their characterizations were especially interesting. I also liked how they incorporated a few key lines from the play without it throwing off the style of the narrative/dialogue that they had already established. The authors also include some historical notes at the end of the book which are worth the extra ten minutes or so of reading (for those of us who typically don't read afterwords and the like).