Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

10 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

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

ro_lux's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol

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

readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, War, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Confinement, Blood, and Alcohol

braynard's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved this book. It was engaging, fast paced, and incredibly interesting. The characters are all heavily flawed, making none particularly likeable, but you still end up attached to them and their story. It is nothing like any of the movies or shows, however, so don't go in expecting it to match up completely.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Religious bigotry and Suicidal thoughts

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Antisemitism