Contains 36 plays:
All’s Well That Ends Well
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Henry IV. Part 1
King Henry IV. Part 2
King Henry V
King Henry VI. Part 1
King Henry VI. Part 2
King Henry VI. Part 3
King Henry VIII
King John
King Lear
King Richard II
King Richard III
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Macbeth
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Taming of the Shrew
Tempest
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter’s Tale
Review of 'The First Folio of Shakespeare' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A very sweet nerd/jock story. I really liked both of these main characters and really enjoyed their interactions with each other. The angsty part got a lil confusing for me (the donation and the transfer and Del Taco what?) but the author acknowledges that appropriately I thought. Holden is so unique and Ezra is loveable. All in all a great addition to a fun series!
Review of 'The First Folio of Shakespeare' on 'LibraryThing'
4 stars
Funny & sweet. Appreciated the fact that I got the pop culture references in this one, especially given pop culture and I parted ways a few decades ago.
Review of 'The First Folio of Shakespeare' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
First: Warden Cross is my favorite character. Still. He makes my inner fangirl happy.
But what you really want--the review, in which I see two options:
1) You've already read Books 1-4 in the series: It's a continuous story, and you've made it this far--read the fifth book already and get your ending.
2) You haven't started the series and you're looking ahead to see if it holds up until the end: I think it does. If you enjoy the first couple of books, I think it'll be worth your time to see it through.
As for thoughts pertaining to just this book--it's a good ending. It fit the story, the characters come full circle, and the confrontation with Furnace ended up about where I figured it would.
There were some fun touches that I appreciated (such as finding out Zee would make a great Wheezer candidate), and we get …
First: Warden Cross is my favorite character. Still. He makes my inner fangirl happy.
But what you really want--the review, in which I see two options:
1) You've already read Books 1-4 in the series: It's a continuous story, and you've made it this far--read the fifth book already and get your ending.
2) You haven't started the series and you're looking ahead to see if it holds up until the end: I think it does. If you enjoy the first couple of books, I think it'll be worth your time to see it through.
As for thoughts pertaining to just this book--it's a good ending. It fit the story, the characters come full circle, and the confrontation with Furnace ended up about where I figured it would.
There were some fun touches that I appreciated (such as finding out Zee would make a great Wheezer candidate), and we get a new villain who makes Cross look sane. There are some touching moments where we realize not everyone gets to cross the finish line, but it never quite gets more depressing than you can handle--they feel appropriate for the story.
But more importantly, I enjoyed that after all the insanity that was going on in Book 4, that we cooled off a bit and the action stepped back down. Don't get me wrong, there's still a lot of great fight scenes, and things to keep the story moving--we just get more of the subtle character moments that were more prevalent earlier on.
Escape From Furnace is a good series. I highly recommend it if the plot sounds like it's up your ally; good beginning, good end--what more could you want?
