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The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

12 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, War, Physical abuse, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Murder, Sexism, Animal death, Gun violence, Classism, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Antisemitism, Blood, Misogyny, and Sexual content

kim_lommaert's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

eb00kie's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, and War

Minor: Infidelity

lizzye33's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Death, Gun violence, and Police brutality

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Gore, Alcoholism, Blood, Suicide, Classism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Kidnapping, War, and Vomit

s_mivsek's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Kidnapping, War, and Confinement

Minor: Rape and Blood

mirificmoxie's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Violence, and Murder

jhbandcats's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Three Musketeers is full of adventure and swagger, and it’s quite funny, but it’s also tragic. Love, honor, and death form the lives of our heroes. 

The Musketeers and their newfound friend who joins the King’s Guard are fondly delineated - Dumas clearly loved Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D’Artagnan. Their word is their bond - they truly believe in death before dishonor. They will always fight for one another. 

As expected, the callow D’Artagnan goes through the change from unsophisticated rube to gallant Musketeer. The growth that is more illuminating, though, is that Athos goes from a self-destructive drunk to a man with a firm hold on his future. Instead of spending his time and money in foolish pursuits he matures to have a more serious outlook. The scene of him locked in a wine cellar for a week, drinking everything within, is really funny but the Athos at the end of the book wouldn’t behave as irresponsibly. 

I’ve loved these characters for years and and am happy I again chose to go through 800 pages of their adventures. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Rape, War, Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Violence

heini's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Rape

selincck's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.0

I loved them.
And honorary mention for Madame Bonacieux💗

But why did he have to kill constance off, like I liked her, I wanted D’artagnan and Constance to be happy! This just hurt

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Kidnapping