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The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

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soph22's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This book was great, but never lived up to the hope I’d built around following reading The Count of Monte Cristo. It’s adventurous and in some parts really fun, but was slightly ruined for me by the way women are used and portrayed

I also believe that some of what D’Artagnan did would constitute as rape with today’s morals - it should have done them too!

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eb00kie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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misskitty14's review against another edition

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adventurous funny tense 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? N/A

4.5

Let me first say that there are a lot of issues with the story,

specifically the rape of Milady (our "hero" tricks her into sex using a fake identity)

and the general disposability of women throughout. I was also quite surprised by the casual violence even when accounting for the period.

Having said that, I did thoroughly enjoy the adventure. Dumas has a wonderful narrative style that I found quite modern. The characters are deeply flawed but there is just something fun about them. They are the true embodiment of "swashbuckling."

I grew up loving the 1993 film and was surprised

to discover that the central villain is Milady, while the Cardinal, impressed by the bravado of the musketeers, sort of becomes an unlikely ally. I wonder how much of this stems from the status of the church during Dumas's time.

While we can certainly critique the mistreatment of Milady, I will say that the most thrilling chapters of the book center around her (that ending!)

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lizzye33's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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s_mivsek's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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ro_lux's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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heini's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

Viihdyttävä, humoristinen kirja, jossa seurataan nuoren D'Artagnanin seikkailuja hovikiistoissa, rakkaudessa, väkivallassa sekä ystävyydessä.

Historiallisessa romaanissa seurataan neljän kekseliään muskettisoturin joukkoa 1600-luvulla, kun kuningatar Annalla on ihailijoita ja vakoojia ympärillään, katkera kardinaali Richeliu juonittelee valtaa ja kuningas Ludvig XIII on yksinkertainen ja epäluuloinen hahmo vailla omia ajatuksia.

D'Artagnan on nuori, näyttämisenhaluinen naiivi poika, joka päätyy vanhempien muskettisoturien lähipiiriin, kaikki ylimpiä ystävyksiä keskenään.
Athos on totinen alkoholisti, joka ei anna palvelijansa puhua ja joka

hirtti vaimonsa.

Aramis on hämmentynyt uskonmies, joka loistaa muskettisoturina miekkoinensa ja järkensä avulla, mutta joka haluaisi vain keskittyä Jumalaan.
Porthos on ulkonäöstä ja rahasta kiinnostunut, ensimmäisen ajatuksensa toteuttava hahmo.

Mylady on vahvasti niin tarinaan ja hahmoihin kuin maan historiaan vaikuttava hahmo. Nyt tekisi mieli lukea sama kertomus, mutta Myladyn näkökulmasta! Hänestä olisi paljon sanottavaa, kirjassa hänet selitettiin sillä, että hän on pahaksi syntynyt juonittelija, saatanan lähettämä paholainen naisen viekoittelevassa ruumiissa.

Kuten aiemmin lukemassani Monte Cristossa, oli tässäkin vahvasti teemana kosto.

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caidyn's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Enjoyable read, but I think I enjoyed Monte Cristo more. In this, I kept getting the characters mixed up for a while and the twisty plot went over my head for a bit. Definitely one I'll reread, though!

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readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I've been meaning to read this for about 8 or 9 years (it's one of the longest-standing books on my TBR) and I'm happy to report I FINALLY PICKED IT UP.

One of the main reasons I've put off reading this book is because I really like the TV show and I was worried that reading the book would somehow spoil my enjoyment of the show. But it didn't at all. In fact, if anything it made me appreciate the show even more because I realised how well they adapted it is and how faithful they interpreted some of the character traits.

The book is an action/adventure novel at heart but it's also something of a comedy. And I was surprised by this, I honestly wasn't expecting it to be as funny as it was, but there are some silly and witty moments that I enjoyed a lot.

I loved the four main characters, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and d'Artagnan are some of my all-time favourite characters and I had such a good time reading about their battles, adventures, and just their friendship in general. As much as I disliked her (for things that she does in the novel), I also appreciate how Machiavellian and devious Milady is. She's terrible, but also...what a woman. There was a twist towards the end that doesn't happen in the show and I didn't see it coming at all so I was low-key shocked when it came to pass.

On the whole, this was a lot of fun and I had a great time reading it. The audio narration was also pretty good.

Content warnings for violence, murder, blood, alcohol addiction, infidelity, mentions of gambling, period-type sexism.

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seanml's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Poor d’Artagnan is going to go grey very early, it should really be called the

Ten

Musketeers, Lady de Winter is awesome, Athos gave the sickest burn of all time. 8.5/10.

Highlights: The interactions between the four friends, the surmounting court intrigue.

Recommended for: Swashbuckler enthusiasts, fans of the Fox and the Hound.

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