Lady Macbeth: A Novel
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a “masterful reimagining” (Publishers Weekly) of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her.
“Lady Macbeth doesn’t retell Shakespeare so much as slice cleanly through it, revealing what was hidden beneath. I couldn't look away.”—Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House
A CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men.
The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed.
The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive.
But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his own. She does not know that prophecy girds him like armor. She does not know that her magic is greater and more dangerous, and that it will threaten the order of the world.
She does not know this yet. But she will.
“Lady Macbeth doesn’t retell Shakespeare so much as slice cleanly through it, revealing what was hidden beneath. I couldn't look away.”—Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of Starling House
A CRIMEREADS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men.
The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed.
The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive.
But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his own. She does not know that prophecy girds him like armor. She does not know that her magic is greater and more dangerous, and that it will threaten the order of the world.
She does not know this yet. But she will.
BUY THE BOOK
Community Reviews
Overall kinda disappointed :(
There was a point in the middle/beginning of the end were I was really engaged and loving it but the rest of the time I was quite bored :(
Edit : after a couple of days, i can say this book really wasn't it.
All the faults i saw in A Study in Drowning (which was a bit of a dispointment after Juniper and Thorn), were there again in full force.
I never read the original play, but reading other's reviews (positive or negative) how this was told was apparently quite a choice.
I waited for the book to start and the characters to be fleshed out until it ended. I just don't get it, i don't know what was the point. And also at what point the xenophobia and sexism were necessary or adding to the story?
I'm so disapointed I'm doubting myself and I think I need to reread Juniper and Thorn
edit edit : read bri's review (here on GR but long so on their patreon for free), it helps a lot with understanding the choices made by Ava Reid in this book
kay i'm done this time byee <3
There was a point in the middle/beginning of the end were I was really engaged and loving it but the rest of the time I was quite bored :(
Edit : after a couple of days, i can say this book really wasn't it.
All the faults i saw in A Study in Drowning (which was a bit of a dispointment after Juniper and Thorn), were there again in full force.
I never read the original play, but reading other's reviews (positive or negative) how this was told was apparently quite a choice.
I waited for the book to start and the characters to be fleshed out until it ended. I just don't get it, i don't know what was the point. And also at what point the xenophobia and sexism were necessary or adding to the story?
I'm so disapointed I'm doubting myself and I think I need to reread Juniper and Thorn
edit edit : read bri's review (here on GR but long so on their patreon for free), it helps a lot with understanding the choices made by Ava Reid in this book
kay i'm done this time byee <3
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