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I love the images of this classic book. I’d highly rated, and reading this book. I was very interested. Thank you to my gallery for allowing me to read this book .

Finally I'm able to download to the Digital Editions.
I wish this book could keep the vocabularies simple. The illustrations as always are beautiful. Only it's bit hard for kids to read original text.

Got to read a manga adaptation of the bards book: Macbeth thanks to Netgalley. This adaption has kept the same story line as the original and I appreciated that. Having the old english as part of this comic was also another plus point. Coming to the graphics, I liked it in parts but was not completely into it, maybe cause having read the original the characters in my mind were a different than what I saw in the comic.
Overall a good one and it's definitely recommended.

I stand by what I've already said in the review I wrote for "Romeo and Juliet" from this same series: a script is perfect as a manga. I hope that after making all the Shakespeare's works, the creator of this might be interested in looking for other tragedies/comedies to draw.
I also still believe that this should be the mandatory text in school when it is asked to read a Shakespearean play: some people might not have the imagination to read a play and visualize it, and so might just decided that it is boring and they are not interested. However, through this (or works like this), more people might decide to give Shakespeare and the theatre another chance.

ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. (English and Spanish)
A perfect book for those who are approaching Shakespeare for the first time. With a simplified language, which although it escapes the depth of the original text, continues to transmit its essence with integrity.
Plus, the illustrations not only add incredible aesthetics, they faithfully support the text; being very enlightening with the figurative language.
Without much more to say, I will only highlight how suitable this job is for the little ones, being the perfect complement to their school activities; although I extend the recommendation to adults who are just immersing themselves in the world of the great classics of literature.
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Un libro perfecto para aquellos que se acercan a Shakespeare por primera vez. Con un lenguaje simplificado, más actual, que si bien escapa a la profundad del texto original, sigue transmitiendo con entereza la esencia del mismo.
Además, las ilustraciones no solo aportan una estética increíble, sino que respaldan el texto con fidelidad. Siendo muy esclarecedoras con el lenguaje figurado.
Sin mucho más que agregar, solo resaltaré lo adecuada que resulta esta obra para los más jóvenes, siendo el complemento perfecto para sus actividades docentes; aunque me extiendo a recomendarla a adultos que recién se sumergen en el mundo de los grandes clásicos.

5/5 ⭐️
Oooh okay so Shakespeare has always been a bit iffy for me because of the language, but seeing it in manga form makes it super fun and worth the read. I’m exited to read more of his works in manga form.

Manga is a Japanese style of comic book or graphic novel that is written for children, teens, and adults. I really enjoy this format to introduce reluctant readers to classic works of literature. Manga Classics: Macbeth was adapted by Crystal S. Chan and it is a beautiful adaptation of Shakespeare's work.
I would recommend this to anyone that enjoys comic books or graphic novels and is interested in a gentler introduction to Shakespeare. The illustrations definitely make this story easier to follow.
I received a digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately, I was unable to open the pdf..
I really like Macbeth's story and wanted to read the manga to see the story from a new angle.

Thanks for the opportunity to review this book! This is one of my first experiences with classics adapted to graphic novels. I have seen them before but never tried one out — this one is Macbeth by Shakespeare. I quite liked this adaptation. The drawings were cool, the storyline was fair play to original. All in all, a decently done adaptation and graphic rendition.

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies. I never thought that it would be good as a manga. But I greatly enjoyed this one. The illustrations were beautiful and effective in conveying the greed and ambition in the play.

As one of my very favorite Shakespeare plays, I loved this adaptation of Macbeth! Though the dark traditional classic might not be thought at first as a manga adaptation, the exaggerated conveyance of beloved characters added to the creepy and dark feel of the tragedy - in fact, such stylistic elements unique to manga definitely helped to break down the challenging Shakespearean language. After finishing this adaptation, I was definitely left wanting more!

Beautiful artwork, and a great way of bringing a Shakespeare classic to life, I really enjoyed this, and look forward to more beautiful mangas from this series!

This is an excellent version of Shakespeare's work!
Line by line, the full text is there and the addition of the (impressive) artwork provides visual renderings of the many uses of symbolism throughout the play. This version is sure to aid those who "just don't get it" when it comes to only reading Shakespeare's work

Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Manga Classics Adaptation by Crystal S. Chan, Julian Choy
Publication Date: October 11, 2018 - Available Now!
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Description from NetGalley...
“In this classic tale by William Shakespeare, a brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with guilt and paranoia.”
A Note From the Publisher
Every Manga Classics title now comes with lesson plans and teaching guides.
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Thank you to @NetGalley @udonent #mangaclassics for the digital ARC in return for my honest review.
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My thoughts...
Macbeth is my favourite of Shakespeare’s plays. It was greed and ambition defined. The words were powerful and emotional. This Manga adaptation was fantastic. The illustrations were incredible in portraying the emotions and the power of the words. I appreciated the graphic representation of the guilt driven madness. I wished I had this in high school. If you’re a Shakespeare purist you might not like it. I was not a Manga fan, but I have a new appreciation for them in these adaptations of the classics. I thing it was a faithful adaptation, keeping to the original text.

This has been my first manga version of a classic story and I´m quite happy that it stuck pretty closely to the original!
Reading "Manga Classics: Macbeth" offers a different experience to watching the play or reading the book. The drawing helped to understand and visualize the Shakespearean language that is sometimes hard to comprehend.
For this reason a Manga like this might even help students that are struggling with classics.
Interesting fact: Drawing changed with character evolvement.
Target audience: Young adults, students, Shakespeare-/ Manga lovers.

All right. So I liked this, but I was pretty lost through most of it (and I've read Macbeth before). Partly this is because the full text is used and I've always found it one of the less-easily understandable Shakespeare plays.
The good thing about this format is that the illustrations give emotional context to often inexplicable (to me) text. I really enjoyed Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and the witches, and felt their expressions and actions really added to the text.
The not-so-good thing is that it's really hard to tell who's speaking (except Macbeth and Lady Macbeth) because while the full text is used, the stage directions - including names - are missing and you only have faces to go by. Many of the names are seldom mentioned in the text so I was like, "welp there's a person. And there's another person. No idea who they are or what relation they have to anyone though. Is that one of the princes?"
Also I just couldn't get past the disconnect between the old-fashioned text and the modern images and sound effects (Blam! Boom!) and really sink into the story.
I enjoyed the Count of Monte Cristo manga classic much more than this one.

I thought this manga version of the play would be easier to understand, but it was not. I couldn't make it through the first 10 pages.

Another brilliant rendering of a Shakespeare classic! This is one of my favourites and the visual story telling has done it more than justice - this graphic novel is a work of art.

Somewhat Confusing Version
When I was a child, I absolutely adored Classic Comics, of which my father had an entire box full from his childhood. I loved seeing the classic works of literature depicted as comics. I have heard of manga, of course, but had never read any; I knew it had stylized figures and artwork, but that was about it. But because this series of manga looks at classic books, I had to check it out. One thing that I certainly didn't know about manga is that it's read from back to front and right to left. For those who already know and love manga, I'm sure reading this book would be no issue whatsoever, but for the uninitiated like me, I found it distracting, and I didn't always know where to look on a page. Along with the very dramatic settings—which didn't always seem to be appropriate for the story—this made for hard reading, trying to figure out where and what I should read first or next. This story made the story seem choppy to me. Those already familiar with manga would probably be fine reading this book. By the way, the PDF ARC I received is all in black and white, with no color except for the cover and back and front matter. I don't know if it is that way in the published edition or not as there is no Look Inside feature for the book. And, if a book like this helps introduce the classics to a younger generation in a way that they like to consume, then I'm all for that. It just didn't work for me.

I liked the adaption of this book as a manga. The story is still good and I like the style of the manga really very much. It's a great idea to read classic books that way and I enjoyed reading it.