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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
Nunca pensei que fosse gostar tanto *.*
I'm still half inebriated with this book! I devoured it!!
The book begins with political intrigues of the time in which they are involved godfather and friend of Cornelius Van Baerle, our main character, and that lead us to understand why it was inadvertently involved see the same political intrigue. To start when I read in political intrigue synopsis twisted my nose, I thought it would be an issue that would not go at all interested in me, but I actually liked the book does not walk all around it is right, yet all the beginning of the book was well interesting!
After the author political intrigue gives us to know our main character and all his interest in tulips and even gives us another very important character to the story, in my opinion (and as of course I will not say who it is!). With this character come a series of feelings that lead to do unthinkable things and give that touch 'special' to this classic and also lead to a lot of things happening throughout history.
This was my first contact with this author, but I loved the way he writes.
I really enjoyed reading this classic (my classic June) and even though I anticipate a little late (not as a whole) this book deserves 5 stars and a little place in my favorites!
I'm still half inebriated with this book! I devoured it!!
The book begins with political intrigues of the time in which they are involved godfather and friend of Cornelius Van Baerle, our main character, and that lead us to understand why it was inadvertently involved see the same political intrigue. To start when I read in political intrigue synopsis twisted my nose, I thought it would be an issue that would not go at all interested in me, but I actually liked the book does not walk all around it is right, yet all the beginning of the book was well interesting!
After the author political intrigue gives us to know our main character and all his interest in tulips and even gives us another very important character to the story, in my opinion (and as of course I will not say who it is!). With this character come a series of feelings that lead to do unthinkable things and give that touch 'special' to this classic and also lead to a lot of things happening throughout history.
This was my first contact with this author, but I loved the way he writes.
I really enjoyed reading this classic (my classic June) and even though I anticipate a little late (not as a whole) this book deserves 5 stars and a little place in my favorites!
Rather slow in the beginning, but wonderfully dramatic in the middle!
"One has sometimes suffered enough to have a right ever afterwards to say, I am too happy"
19/10/2023
Bumping this up to 5 stars because this was a delight to come back to! Having a bit more knowledge about the tulip mania certainly helped in my enjoyment, as was the realization of just how central Rosa was to the story. Cornelius may have been dubbed the protagonist by Dumas, but Rosa was the protagonist in my heart.
07/14/2018
4.5
While I knew I couldn’t expect this to have the same impact that Monte Cristo did due to sheer size, it still had quite the impact on me! Even though I only have 2 of his books read, Dumas is very quickly becoming one of my favourite authors.
Bumping this up to 5 stars because this was a delight to come back to! Having a bit more knowledge about the tulip mania certainly helped in my enjoyment, as was the realization of just how central Rosa was to the story. Cornelius may have been dubbed the protagonist by Dumas, but Rosa was the protagonist in my heart.
07/14/2018
4.5
While I knew I couldn’t expect this to have the same impact that Monte Cristo did due to sheer size, it still had quite the impact on me! Even though I only have 2 of his books read, Dumas is very quickly becoming one of my favourite authors.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I have to admit after reading the first few chapters of this book I almost did not continue. Not because the writing was bad (it was excellent), but because of the actions of the mob at the beginning of the book. The description of the brutal murder of two men almost turned me away. However, I decided to keep going and thoroughly enjoyed the book. The author does a good job with covering the effects of mob mentality and all-consuming envy, while throwing in a sweet romance. This is an older novel so the language is a little harder to follow, but it is definitely worth the effort.
This is one of those I could see coming back to later... It was slow moving and not holding my interest well right now, so I moved on.
This short Dumas novel is a whimsical curiosity that reads more like an historical fairy tale. The background is the political imprisonment and brutal murder two Dutch brothers during the rise of William of Orange, as well as the 17th century “Tulip Mania” -- two events that couldn’t be further apart in temperament! Set against this background is the fictional godson of one of the political figures -- a mild-mannered tulip-grower who becomes caught up in the deadly political intrigue, mostly due to the machinations of a rival tulip grower who desires to steal his bulb of a black tulip. Who knew the cultivation of flowers could be so vicious!
This is not on the level of [b:The Three Musketeers|7190|The Three Musketeers (The D'Artagnan Romances, #1)|Alexandre Dumas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320436982l/7190._SY75_.jpg|1263212] novels or [b:The Count of Monte Cristo|7126|The Count of Monte Cristo|Alexandre Dumas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1309203605l/7126._SY75_.jpg|391568], but makes for an enjoyable read for a couple afternoons. Dumas makes a half-hearted attempt to link the story to a political message, which the author of the introduction is at pains to emphasize in order to raise the story above the level of light entertainment, but one could just as easily see a more humorous metaphor of the tulip representing sexual union (which was probably more in line with Dumas’ thinking, knowing his proclivity for the ladies). Worth a look only if you’ve read some of Dumas’ other works and are looking for an offbeat, shorter read.
This is not on the level of [b:The Three Musketeers|7190|The Three Musketeers (The D'Artagnan Romances, #1)|Alexandre Dumas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320436982l/7190._SY75_.jpg|1263212] novels or [b:The Count of Monte Cristo|7126|The Count of Monte Cristo|Alexandre Dumas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1309203605l/7126._SY75_.jpg|391568], but makes for an enjoyable read for a couple afternoons. Dumas makes a half-hearted attempt to link the story to a political message, which the author of the introduction is at pains to emphasize in order to raise the story above the level of light entertainment, but one could just as easily see a more humorous metaphor of the tulip representing sexual union (which was probably more in line with Dumas’ thinking, knowing his proclivity for the ladies). Worth a look only if you’ve read some of Dumas’ other works and are looking for an offbeat, shorter read.
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
this classic is so silly & high drama. i loved it. so glad i chose it as a random library pick