A review by shroudofthesea
Henry VI (Parts I, II and III) by William Shakespeare

4.0

if i could give these 3 1/2 stars, i would. messy, contradictory, sometimes boring, sometimes bad--but i like an underdog, and these truly are the underdogs of the tetralogies. i'd mostly recommend these to people who already know they love [b:Henry V|37526|Henry V|William Shakespeare|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1331563646l/37526._SY75_.jpg|1493394] and [b:Richard III|42058|Richard III|William Shakespeare|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1328043960l/42058._SY75_.jpg|2913597] and are dying to know how one gets from point A to point B, chronologically-speaking. other than that, i'd say you should give them a try for margaret of anjou alone, who manages to simultaneously be an unsympathetic harridan and a sympathetic queen, wife, and mother who loses all. her story is the most compelling part of the first tetralogy to me, and i don't think it's a stretch to say that she's the blueprint for later beloved characters like lady macbeth.