Pamela Butchart

A spin off book from the usual Izzy books, where four Shakespeare stories (Hamlet, Macbeth, Dream and R&J) are told by Izzy in her usual style, with some very light wrap-around of the lives of Izzy and the gang.

Fun, quick to read and enjoyable, if you want to read Shakespeare plots in Butchart's charactoristic style you will like these. I didn't think the additional flourishes* quite worked though, they felt contrived and a bit pointless, but I guess if you're writing Yet Another Shakespeare Retelling you're going to want to try and do something novel with it.

*Things like Oberon and Titania are arguing over a cat, and Titania gets to keep the cat, the Capulets and Montigues are feuding over a hoover, and Hamlet is always equivocating over going to the toilet (and wees himself when fighting with Laertes)… (altro)