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The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas

Start date: July 15, 2016

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Jul 05, 2015 Sarah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, translated-into-english

My thoughts on this book run all over the place. I loved the humor. I didn't like some of the inevitable slow sections. Every long book has those sections where you want to just put it down.

My main thought was how the title is a bit misleading. This book is about d'Artagnan and the intrigues that come after he arrives to Paris. We do learn about Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. They are a huge chunk of the book, but they defer to d'Artagnan most of the time as the smart one.

My second thought was the ...more

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Jul 21, 2014 Jennalyn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, french-literature, 19th-century, own-multiple-copies, own-physical-copy, swords-fencing-and-swordfighting

How was this book missing from my life for so long? Reading The Three Musketeers was like finding an old friend that I'd never known I'd been missing all my life. For me, it is one of those rare, precious books that slots into place in your head and becomes part of the fabric of your life and your personality until you can't believe it wasn't always there.

It is a marvelous book, and I can't even articulate why, but I'm so clearly head over heels in love with it that reason has ceased to matter. ...more

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Aug 21, 2013 ULa rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: alexandre-dumas, letters-and-two-guns

Intriknya bagus, sayang kisah-kisah cintanya gak banget. Dan sayangnya lagi pertarungan musketri kurang digambarkan.
Sampai akhir, masih tidak paham alasan penting dan mendesak apa yang membuat musketri memusuhi kardinal.

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