Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.Shakespeare, an expanded story, ancient magic, and amazing artwork, how could I not fall in love with this book?This is the story of the three witches from Macbeth. It follows the same timeframe as the source material with some flashbacks to better explain the origins of each witch and what set off their actions towards Macbeth. The story is intricate with the themes of war and revenge from Macbeth paralleled amongst the witches, but...

Wow.One of the best adaptations I've ever read. Beautiful artwork.

THIS WAS F***** AWESOME! The moment I saw the cover I immediately knew this was the graphic novel for me.Macbeth is my favourite Shakespeare tragedy mostly because of how dark it is, oh and the blood naturally, but especially because of the witches. Ever since reading the story back when I was a wee one I was obsessed with the witches. I wrote my entire essay for English class on the witches. I wonder if that’s when my obsession with the fates and witches in general began. Now that I think about...

Such a cool retelling on Macbeth from the witches' perspective! Loved the art and how the witches were portrayed :D

Macbeth as told from the weird sisters POV. These ladies have been watching over and protecting Scotland for ages. When they disagree over who's next in line for the Scottish throne, it sets a course for ambition, greed and tragedy.

This was such a gorgeous perspective on the three witches from Macbeth! I kind of want more, but I understand Scott was working from tidbits of information that she created an entire background from. Now I just need to re-read Macbeth to see the details she gathered about the three witches. I appreciate that Scott gave them a mythology that ties in with rules and stories we already know and even gave them characteristics that we can identify with while keeping them mysterious, mythological creat...

I do really like the retelling of Macbeth. The artwork is well thought out and rendered. I love the fact that the script is provided in the back with the plates it covers so I can show them to my creative writing students.

Toil & Trouble has beautiful illustrations. Kelly and Nicole Matthews created the old fairy tale vibe in the story. Reading comics, art is the first thing I notice and this volume has one of the prettiest artwork I've seen. The designs of the main characters and the visuals of their magic is mind-blowing!In terms of plot, I feel like I would've enjoyed the story more if I had clearer memory of Macbeth. I read it years ago and I can't say I remember much. This hindered my reading, unfortunately.T...

So, this was very clever. Those three witches that Shakespeare’s Macbeth ran into take centre sage, as, well, as a lot more than witches. They are former humans turned goddesses/ caretakers/ fates/ elemental. The three have disagreed about which path to take to help Alba (not England, not Britain btw) thrive, and Macbeth is more of a chess piece on their board. The magic is illustrated beautifully, probably one of my favourite parts, and Scott uses a thorough knowledge of the Macbeth story, whil...

This was a beautiful exploration of another side of the Macbeth story. I loved this art style and seeing the motivation and story behind the 'witches'.

WARNING: very minor spoilersNote: I'm marking this as "read" with the caveat that I read the individual volumes as they were released and have not yet read the trade paperback.This series was fascinating! I'm a sucker for Shakespeare and female-centric re-imaginings, so when my comic shop suggested Toil and Trouble, it was an easy choice.The artwork is beautiful—bursting with details of long-ago Scotland and purposeful storytelling. There's a memorable panel early on of the witches touching the

A beautiful new take on the much loved story of Macbeth. The art is this book is stunning! The artists clearly paid attention to different time periods and cultures when making this book. The Pictish symbols used throughout the book are done in very clever ways. The use of various landmarks in Scotland was subtle. And the costume choices (explained in the end of the comic) were lovely. The story itself was really good. A very fascinating look at the witches behind Macbeth’s prophecies and what d...

I wouldn't recommend this retelling to everyone because if you don't like gore, you probably wouldn't enjoy this (I'm not a huge fan of gore myself). BUT it was really creative and well told.

Macbeth from the Weird Sisters' perspective. What could go wrong?

Holy shit, I cannot put in words how amazing this was. The art is stunning and the story is absolutely brilliant. Can this team please do this for every play?

This beautiful graphic novel is from the perspective of the three witches from the Scottish play. It brought up a lot of memories of the play (and a 1980s film adaptation).Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are less major characters from Hamlet. Now I almost want to write something from the perspective of minor or kind of minor characters from something Shakespearean, but I don't know what.

This retelling of Macbeth is stunning and clever. Told from the perspective of the three witches, we see more of the magic at work within the story, something you can see in the original play but is mostly only alluded to. I adored the art style, and the characterization of the witches a whole lot!

I liked this quite a bit more than I expected to. Three witches--Riata, Cait, and Smertae--guide Scotland and protect the people. They act as Fates, invisible to mortal eyes, being seen only when they wish. They curse and bless as needed to make sure prophecies are fulfilled. They come into conflict over a question of who will become Scotland's next king, which is where MacBeth enters the tale ...This is an imaginative riff on the classic Shakespeare play. Obviously these are the three witches w...

So freaking cool. I loved getting the witches' perspectives on Macbeth, and I am definitely tempted to read The Scottish Play again. The ending felt rather rushed, but the discussion at the end is brilliant (I'd give this a 4.5). Includes discussion questions if you ever wanted to read as a book club or in the classroom...definitely lots of food for thought!********Panels Read Harder: As I have been heartily disappointed with my options for comic-based-on-a-book-and-the-book-it's-based-on, I'm g...

I had no idea what to expect going into this book. I was surprised with the twists and turns of the story. It did feel a little rushed at the end. I enjoyed the art and liked the take on witches and the ties to fate and the world. To be honest I'd rather have had more exclusively on them than their connection to Macbeth. The background at the back of the booked helped quite a bit with the context of the overall story. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I was a bigger fan of the source.