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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Reading American vintage classics reminds me of the widespread entrenched racism and white supremacism/eurocentricity of our history
adventurous
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is perhaps my favorite romp yet for the "Spanish Scarlet Pimpernel", as it were. The Isabel Allende book was less than inspiring, but you can tell the old Douglas Fairbanks and Tyrone Powers films were based off this book. It has the same witty banter, colorful relationships, and all-around swashbuckling grandeur of those classic films. There was actually a point towards the end where I was genuinely confused whether Diego Vega and Senor Zorro were the same person or not, which surprised me. All in all, a delightful, fun read!
Heard on "The Classic Tales Podcast". Funnier than I expected. Female characters are lightly drawn but still show strength of character. Don Diego/Zorro is my second favorite masked character now (after the Scarlet Pimpernel).
Read it online!: http://thenostalgialeague.com/olmag/mcculley-index.html
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This book was really, really silly.
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This book was really, really silly.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I'd never read Johnston McCulley's The Mark of Zorro, so when I was looking for a bit of a break from classic detective fiction on Serial Reader, I picked it more or less at random. It mostly struck me how very much of a Robin Hood story it is, really -- transformed to a totally different setting, I'll grant you, but a lot of the characteristics are there.
The "twist" was very obvious and I assume it was supposed to be, but I always find that sort of thing frustrating.
As a whole, it's not unenjoyable, with all the usual caveats about when it was written and by whom, lending it a certain perspective and a certain way of regarding people and things. I can't say I was reading particularly critically, though, more with an eye to understanding something iconic (particularly given there's a character in the game Persona 5 who uses 'Zorro' as his persona) and getting context I didn't have.
The "twist" was very obvious and I assume it was supposed to be, but I always find that sort of thing frustrating.
As a whole, it's not unenjoyable, with all the usual caveats about when it was written and by whom, lending it a certain perspective and a certain way of regarding people and things. I can't say I was reading particularly critically, though, more with an eye to understanding something iconic (particularly given there's a character in the game Persona 5 who uses 'Zorro' as his persona) and getting context I didn't have.