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3.16 AVERAGE
3.16 AVERAGE
Horrifically racist, riddled with toxic masculinity, and weighted down with prose that does a good enough job at setting a scene but is very ill-suited for action and makes fights very hard to follow. The roots of the western and American gothic genres are evident here, but it’s not worth all the racism. I cannot emphasize enough how awfully, terribly racist this entire book was. Shoutout to Penguin Books for including an introduction that goes into great detail about the horrendous racism.
As A die hard fan of the Micheal Mann's version... I'm excited to read the words , even if the exercice will be difficult, this will be my Everest to climb (Well, those days at least !!)
Good story, but the old English makes it hard to follow at times.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Wow, thought I would never finish this one. Hard to read but so much more interesting than the movie.
I don't have enough mental capacity to read this at the moment. Revisit when schedule is more open.
I primarily read this because I'm a fan of M*A*S*H. The main character, Hawkeye, received his nickname from his father - Last of the Mohicans was the only book he had ever read.
All in all I probably should've given this book two stars, but I think the reason I didn't like it so much is that I made the mistake of assuming that the book would be a dramatic, moving romance like the movie was. I dove in and made it through the first half always thinking that the first romantic scene was on the next page, but lost stamina after realizing that the book was mostly going to just be about battle scenes and the comparison between Native American and the French/English culture of the time. I got pretty bored during the last half, but I have to admit that the last chapter was pretty spectacular. I thought it summed up all the themes in the novel really well and it was so moving that it made my eyes water.
If I read it again, I'd probably enjoy the story much more. Once I got passed the disappointment of not having a romance, I appreciated the other aspects of the book. Cooper does a fantastic job of using the narrator's omniscience to highlight the differences of Native American and Western culture at the time as well as the underlying similarities and common humanity in them both. He did a wonderful job of bringing his villain to life and making him a three dimensional, detestable character that really makes your skin crawl in frustration. And the last chapter does highlight the subtle elements of romance in an emotional, moving way. All in all a pretty genius, well thought out story.
If I read it again, I'd probably enjoy the story much more. Once I got passed the disappointment of not having a romance, I appreciated the other aspects of the book. Cooper does a fantastic job of using the narrator's omniscience to highlight the differences of Native American and Western culture at the time as well as the underlying similarities and common humanity in them both. He did a wonderful job of bringing his villain to life and making him a three dimensional, detestable character that really makes your skin crawl in frustration. And the last chapter does highlight the subtle elements of romance in an emotional, moving way. All in all a pretty genius, well thought out story.