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wow 10/10 this one was dRaMa

richard is the younger brother of King Edward IV. king edward is ill and dies and richard murders their younger brother and then also edward’s two sons (the lost princes) and then he also murders pretty much everyone in the court that opposes him. he is eventually given the throne after lots of murder and manipulation and then he forces a widow to marry him but gets bored and kills her so he can marry his niece (the lost prince’s sister). It ends with a battle where Richard is finally slain by Richmond who inherits the throne as King Henry VII.

this one was actually pretty good
lots of intrigue and drama as the court goes haywire

King Henry VI is being usurped by the Duke of York’s son King Edward who sucks. It goes back and forth of King Edward being on the throne and then having to run and lots of battles but King Henry VI is consistently imprisoned. Queen Margret his wife gets an army together from her home country France and does some damage to King Edward. Meanwhile Richard, King Edwards brother is scheming for the throne. After much back and forth Richard finally takes it into his own hands and kills King Henry VI and his son Prince Edward thus ending the threat. He then plans to murder his brothers and get the crown.

this one was also very boring
it finally got a bit exciting at the end with the conflict between red roses and white roses which i’m assuming meant royalist vs anti monarchy or maybe henry iv supporters vs new king people but i don’t really know

l the rest of the book was boring political things and murders

yet again pretty boring
this one had Joan of Arc and also some more interesting love plots and a father and son scene that was sad an cute

yet again not great
had disclaimers in the form of Chrouses in front of every act saying that it’s not great and the audience needs to use their imagination lol
also there was an entire scene in french so i’m curious how many people actually would have understood that back in the day
however this is the first play i think past the Bechtel test (the french scene of the princess and her maid discussing english words)

similarly boring
follows Henry IV but mostly his son Henry V 
nothing happens in this one
King Henry IV dies
it ends with an epilogue apologizing about the play and it that isn’t a red flag i dunno what is, at least it’s self aware

follows King Henry IV’s son Hal(Henry V). He hangs out with thieves a bunch and does thieving things but is eventually called back to court. There is an uprising. against the king that a bunch of sir’s are leading. They battle at the end. Hal offers to do a one on one battle to solve it instead of needless war but the advisors don’t tell this to the uprising so the battle occurs anyway. The uprising looses. 

I think this is the same plot as the move The King on Netflix but without the french Robert Pattinson.

pretty boring
honestly should be called Henry IV Prequel cause Richard is barely in it. 

it begins with King Richard solving a dispute between his uncle gaunt and that uncles son, Bolingbrook aka Henry IV. i dunno why they were fighting but Richard decides they should battle to the death but then calls it off. He then banishes both of them. Then Gaunt dies and on his death bed tells Richard how he’s a bad king and Richard is glad he’s dying. Henry IV returns after hearing of his fathers death. Richard for some reason decides to go to Ireland and conquer it but they never resolve that plot lol. When Richard returns Henry IV has conquered all of england and the welsh army has dispersed leaving Richard defenseless. Richard hides in a castle and Henry asks for his banishment to be lifted and then decides he also wants to be king. Richard begs for his life and Henry says ok but then one of his court men kills Richard anyway. A plot to kill Henry arises but a father thwarts his son and saves Henry.

a mix between Heathers and Catcher in the Rye

apparently this book came out before Heartstopper and was slightly adjusted and republished after it. It follows Tori Spring, Charlie’s older sister, set during Vol 4 of Heartstopper. There are quite a few nick and charlie moments which are cute 

This books heavily deals with mental health issues. The main character is an unreliable narrator due to her mental health issues and is extremely depressed and su*cidal. Charlie also has a relapse in this book.

The plot itself is absolutely bonkers. It had a mystery revolving around an entity that is organizing dangerous pranks at school but it also follows Tori as she slowly builds and breaks relationships and navigates her mental health.