*3,5/5*

I've always been a sucker for Shakespeare, and after seeing (and loving!) 'She's the Man' I was really excited to read this play, even though it was course-mandated. Overall, I was quite pleasantly surprised. A light, fun comedy that plays with language as much as with its characters. Viola was amazing (and I was so happy for her at the end of the play!) and I ended up sympathizing with Malvolio a whole lot more than I would've liked to. Kudos to Shakespeare's complex characters, though. This edition (which had notes on every second page instead of the play itself) helped my understanding of the plot too.