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It was great fun to revisit d'Artagnan and his companions over the last few weeks. The novel is a delightful adventure through early 17th century France. It is not exactly a deep novel in terms of characterizations and psychology, but the blend of fiction and history created by Dumas certainly pulled me into the story. Long rides along dusty roads, red wine, companionship, loyalty, love, intrigues, storms and duels. Apart from such adventures it also triggered further interest in the history of ...more
About 3.5 stars, rounded to 4.
Despite many violent deaths which occur, the style of this novel is lighter than Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo and Queen Margot. A couple of scenes are pretty comedic in fact. There is a good bit of really good writing interspersed with the frequent action. It's a little long, but a rewarding read.
Near the end, watch for the line, "It was a dark and stormy night", the beginning line with which comic strip hero Snoopy always began his stories. ...more
Despite many violent deaths which occur, the style of this novel is lighter than Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo and Queen Margot. A couple of scenes are pretty comedic in fact. There is a good bit of really good writing interspersed with the frequent action. It's a little long, but a rewarding read.
Near the end, watch for the line, "It was a dark and stormy night", the beginning line with which comic strip hero Snoopy always began his stories. ...more
Read for my Page Turners book group in June and July. I have to say that this is another book that surprised me. I thought it would be almost totally about sword fights and companions (One for all and all for one) but really it was more about a young d'Artagnan, who wants to become a musketeer. To my way of thinking he is really the main protagonist in this story. I'm glad I read the book (another one to check off the 1001 list) but I had a difficult time following it. In fact, I ended up to lis
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Gostei do livro e das aventuras mas não porque os mosqueteiros eram galantes heróis a salvar o reino. De facto, os mosqueteiros são umas pessoas que provavelmente detestaria se os conhecesse e a pessoa com mais interesse (as pessoas na verdade) são a Milady e Constância, seguidas de Richelieu... O tratamento das mulheres é. Perturbante (estou a julgar o d'Artagnan severamente porque o texto não o fez o suficiente na minha opinião) mas não sei bem o que esperava nesse aspecto.
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A fun adventure story, but I found The Count of Monte Cristo much more dramatic.
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There were some slow parts, especially in the first half of the book. But towards the end I really got drawn in. A surprisingly good classic.
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