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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
Dumas has a habit of writing over 600 pages about the grand totaly of maybe two weeks to a month. Not that I don't love the amount of detail, not respect the various scens which he must give the utmost attention to, that take place within this month, but I must say that reading all of that, only to have one more book to go in order to finish the series, is very tiring. On the other hand, this is a great book full of lovey-dovey ness with just the right sprinkingl of adventure (very much the opposeite of The Three Muskateers, which had a lot of adventure with just the right sprinkling of lovey-dovey.) An excellent book, on all accounts.
Good, but I didn't like this one as much as The Vicomte de Bragelonne (which I didn't like as much as Twenty Years After). There was lots and lots of intrigue and court politics and too few appearances by the Four; my favorite part was Aramis and d'Artagnan's verbal fencing in Chapter 56.
I think this is my favorite Dumas book - beautiful, touching, and yet adventurous!
Slow going, this book. So much of it could have beed omitted. Dumas spends alot of pages describing the scenery in a very flourishing way, and the love-scenes are often way too long. Also, he often spends several pages on a conversation, which should only have to consist of a couple of sentences. What is said, is said several times.
For some reason, Porthos seems to get bigger and more stupid for each book. He's now a sort of parody of what I thought of him in "The Three Musketeers".
In this (free Kindle-edition, there are some irritating spelling mistakes. There are also many sentences ending whith a preposition, and I find myself reconstructing them so they fit the style and age of the book.
Anyway, I am now embarking on the next book, "The Man in the Iron Mask", which I hope is a more interesting read.
For some reason, Porthos seems to get bigger and more stupid for each book. He's now a sort of parody of what I thought of him in "The Three Musketeers".
In this (free Kindle-edition, there are some irritating spelling mistakes. There are also many sentences ending whith a preposition, and I find myself reconstructing them so they fit the style and age of the book.
Anyway, I am now embarking on the next book, "The Man in the Iron Mask", which I hope is a more interesting read.
This one leaned more towards a complicated love story than a tale of adventure and intrigue like the those that came before. You get a taste here and there as to what Armis is up to but other than that the story focuses mainly on Louise de la Vallerie and the king. And of course d'artangan's artful hand is weaves through out. I much quicker read for me that twenty years after and le viscomte de bragleonne, but there were portions that dragged.
So when I move to 17th-century France, my teenage daughters are so not going to the king's court. I don't care how great an honor it is, they are not going. That is what I learned from reading this book. It dragged in places, but the court intrigue was fun. Also, if the king of England ever offered me Hampton Court palace, I would not demure. I would accept so quickly he wouldn't know what happened.
This one had a lot less action and was more of a romance. It was nice but I still am so confused by most of the characters.