Reviews - Don Quijote de la Mancha I [With MP3]

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Don Quijote de la Mancha I [With MP3]

One of the best books I've read. Part 1 definitely exceeds Part 2. It seems like Part 2 was written solely to roast the author of the fake Part 2.

All of my reviews are just for my own benefit in remembering the books. Apologies for anyone reading the base level review.

dj0nt's review against another edition

5.0

O illustrious Manchegan! and loquacious squire! May thy valiant deeds, penned by the reliable historian Cid Hamete Benengeli, never fade from the written page; thereby allowing readers like myself to distil a few drops of Quixotic spirit from this Kafkaesque and Orwellian world.

creekhiker's review against another edition

4.0

I've had this book in my "to be read," stack for many years, and I'm glad that I've finally read it. It is considered the first modern novel, and for that reason alone is worth reading, however, it is also, simply put, a great book. It is full of high adventure, farce, comedy, friendship, love, fidelity and courage. It is one of the funniest novels that I've read, while still also offering up a portrait of what it is to be human. Cervantes was also artful in his use of stories within the story, so that when the character and plot of Don Quixote was just beginning to get repetitive and predictable in his challenging every windmill, sheep and wanderer to a duel, the novel would leave him to his sleep or hillside wandering, and tell us a different story, most often of wayward lovers. The character of Sancho Panza is likewise a rich and wonderful character, as were all the side characters. Above all, I'd characterize this novel as a book about friendship, and about the greatness of imagination, because through his "demented" imagination, Don Quixote lived a life rich in adventure, and in doing so, enriched the lives off all those around him. He was a man that cared little for what others thought, but rather stuck to the principles of his code. A really lovely read, and a universe I has happy to be living in for the last few weeks.

chloejo's review against another edition

4.0

What a delight. Lighthearted, fun and whimsical. I will miss THE FAMOUS KNIGHT DON QUIXOTE AND HIS LOYAL SQUIRE, SANCHO PANZA.

smsdigitaluk's review against another edition

4.0

Haha the beast is slain. It's taken me a fair while to reach the end of this tome. I must admit that i preferred the first book to the second but all in all it was very good. It made me laugh out loud on more than one occasion.

ada_beda's review against another edition

5.0

Att säga att den första romanen är den bästa är kanske klyschigt och pretentiöst men det är i alla en fantastisk bok! Särskilt andra delen är makalös och handlar om mycket mer än bara väderkvarnar.

shekispeaks's review against another edition

3.0

I have a theory. Whoever spends the time and effort to read Don Quixote claims it to be a must read so that the next person and the next person after keep reading it. The book is so pointless and takes such an effort read, that maybe spending that effort and making others do that is the point. Its sort of a Quixotic joke.

This book is drivel, well almost. Don Quixote travels around Spain seeking adventures. Sancho Panza follows him to the ends of the world. When Don Quixote cannot explain something he calls it an enchantment. When the author cannot get out of a corner, he introduces magic or a dream.

If sanity is something you care about do not read this book. But perhaps there is something beyond just being sane and boring.