Well this took me forever to read. And I like the story, ultimately that's why I'm giving it three stars. I like the idea of Iago (a thoroughly deplorable character who essentially ruins everyone's life because he didn't get a promotion) using expectations and small little interactions to accomplish his goals.

The language of the play, however, is hard to understand and invest in already but the annotated version was an added convulsion. Explaining words we still use, trying to sub in words or having paragraph long explanations for one phrase. I don't think I'll be using the annotated version in my further Shakespearean endeavors.