3.5 stars. People say that this is probably Shakespeare's earliest play. It doesn't read as rough to me as [b:The Two Gentlemen of Verona|82346|The Two Gentlemen of Verona|William Shakespeare|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327936223s/82346.jpg|1070598], but you can tell that it's an early play. It's got one of the most disorganized of the plots. Part of that is because it's a middle play of a trilogy, but honestly the whole thing just felt odd to me. Is it about Henry's wife being deceptive? Is it about the noblemen all scheming to take over? Or... is it about this weird peasant uprising? Honestly, all of that stuff just felt like a weird plot cul de sac. However, as always, there's still some beautiful language in there and I liked Margaret's character quite a bit. That would be a fun one to play - the conniving woman, who seems to be on different sides even within the same scene! Very cool.