What's a Shakespeare play without juicy drama, a hilarious fool, and many deaths? King Lear had it all, but it wasn't in my Top 5 plays. I was torn between rating this 3.75 or 4 but in my heart I felt like 4 is a bit too high of a rating. I enjoyed this, but some parts I felt like I needed to rush through. 

Reading this with a buddy made it a much better experience. We both picked up on things the other didn't, which was a well balanced relationship, and I enjoyed it a lot. 

But the play itself, I wasn't a huge fan of the characters except for Cordelia

but sadly she wasn't in the play most of the time, and death took her away from us

. Which made most of the scenes a bit stuffy from time to time, since I didn't care much for most of them. 

However, I loved the scandalous scenes between Edmund and Goneril. It was such a surprise, and the two evil people were truly made for each other. Even within terrible people, I'm a sucker for romance.

All in all, I'm really glad I got to read this, and it was nice! But definitely not a favourite. Nothing could top Hamlet so far.