Papershredder's review
Don Quixote (Penguin Classics)
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Papershredder's review
Don Quixote (Penguin Classics) by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Papershredder's review
rating:
Well, third time was the charm in this case. I'll spare you the personal history this book and I have.
I read the book on my own, not part of school. Both volumes, to the last word. I just read a modern fantasy novel that was about 900 pages, in about 1.5 weeks. This book (about 1000 or so pages)took me nearly 1.5 years. I read about 50 other books in this period as sometimes I dreaded the DQ. This is not a book to try to read in bed, unless your doing late fall trail work in the remote wilderness and are reading by candle/headlamp light after the sun goes down around 6 pm.
At first I hated Don Quixote. I thought he was definitely mentally ill and should be locked up. However, the unjustified attacks on innocents seem to lessen as the story goes on. I guess If I had a horse, armour and a lance I'd be looking for any excuse to run someone through too.
I think Sancho makes the book. Whether it be his constant head shaking at his master or being on the receiving end of a volley ...more
I read the book on my own, not part of school. Both volumes, to the last word. I just read a modern fantasy novel that was about 900 pages, in about 1.5 weeks. This book (about 1000 or so pages)took me nearly 1.5 years. I read about 50 other books in this period as sometimes I dreaded the DQ. This is not a book to try to read in bed, unless your doing late fall trail work in the remote wilderness and are reading by candle/headlamp light after the sun goes down around 6 pm.
At first I hated Don Quixote. I thought he was definitely mentally ill and should be locked up. However, the unjustified attacks on innocents seem to lessen as the story goes on. I guess If I had a horse, armour and a lance I'd be looking for any excuse to run someone through too.
I think Sancho makes the book. Whether it be his constant head shaking at his master or being on the receiving end of a volley ...more
