Okay, now I'm done with the book. I think it was excellent until the very end, but that may be because I don't like the late stage plays, except for Macbeth. Autumnal elegy is not my favorite trope. And the tossed off idea that Shakespeare was fucked up about his daughter Susanna at the end? Hm. It all just kind of ends abruptly, as did his life.

The stuff on witchcraft and King James was pretty queasy-making, too.

Still, overall, a fucking great book.