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3.16 AVERAGE
3.16 AVERAGE
To be honest, this was a bit of a slog for me to get through. Walls of text, and archaic speech that would pretty much put me to sleep.
It's a cool book, all told. Seemed like the movie did a decent job with the plot, but there's quite a bit of difference in the romantic entanglements etc if I read it correctly.
Also found some parts confusing, but that may have been me getting lost in sections.
More ore less skimmed over the last few chapters to get it done with.
It's a cool book, all told. Seemed like the movie did a decent job with the plot, but there's quite a bit of difference in the romantic entanglements etc if I read it correctly.
Also found some parts confusing, but that may have been me getting lost in sections.
More ore less skimmed over the last few chapters to get it done with.
I actually really, really like this book. It made me relearn some of the french that was in it. I've read the book before, but recently reread it, after downloading it on my Kindle (which I ADORE). This book is a very good representation of how life is/was during the 1700s when the French and Indian War was being held before the America's actually became what they would in 1776.
I am totally in agreement with Mark Twain about James Fenimore Cooper's literary "offenses" ... why describe a man as tall and thin when you can spend pages describing every feature from their eyebrows to their toes. Nary a drop of water nor a tree gets by without a vivid, unneeded description.
This book has a lot of action (though some problematic as a product of the time it was written in...) but it was hard to get past Cooper's writing style to really get into the story. This is one case where I could see how a movie version would be an improvement over the book.
This book has a lot of action (though some problematic as a product of the time it was written in...) but it was hard to get past Cooper's writing style to really get into the story. This is one case where I could see how a movie version would be an improvement over the book.
I'm reading this in installments from www.dailylit.com
(they send you a section of the book each day) figuring that all those people who are too busy to "read" still take time to read their email each day.
Ha! I finished this book yesterday. I couldn't wait for all of the 176 installments, so I hurried it up at the end.
Great adventure story the action parts were fun-it really picked up in the last 10 or so chapters. There were some descriptive bits that were hard to get through.
(they send you a section of the book each day) figuring that all those people who are too busy to "read" still take time to read their email each day.
Ha! I finished this book yesterday. I couldn't wait for all of the 176 installments, so I hurried it up at the end.
Great adventure story the action parts were fun-it really picked up in the last 10 or so chapters. There were some descriptive bits that were hard to get through.
Often the text was so detailed that I missed the action. Got rather sick of the fainting Alice who couldn’t cope with anything and the stereotypes of Native Americans. They were either silent, stoic types on the British side or ignorant savages on the French side. Too much talk on the part of Hawkeye about his white blood.
Really wasn't a fan. The descriptions were long and confusing and while it seemed like a lot was happening, it also didn't feel like there was much suspense. I am curious to see the movie, but would not recommend the book.
Don't read this book. When it's not being terribly racist, it's terribly sexist, and at most times, it's very close to plotless. Hands down, this is by far the worst book I've read all year, and offhand, I can't think of any worse book I've finished that wasn't written by Tim Lahaye.
Good adventure story with great characters, though Cooper lays the descriptive language on a little thick.
This goes quite firmly to the number one spot of my list of "Movies That Were WAAAAY Better than the Book"