despite having a couple of qualms, i'm rating this a full five just based off of how enraptured i was reading it. this is THE SECRET HISTORY but make it shakespeare-loving thespians. i think it certainly helps to know some shakespeare to see the parallels (but even knowing the major themes is enough, and that's coming from someone who was Not™️ good at analyzing his plays during high school). 

tl;dr: rating this a 5/5 because i want to reread it for the first time again, much like TSH.