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The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
Sometimes you're reading a book and you get so invested in it that you end up reading past your regularly scheduled reading time. Then, maybe you have to go out that day but while you're gone, your mind keeps wandering back to the book. You have to find out what's gonna happen next. You have to get to the next reveal, action scene, kiss, or plot twist. The Three Musketeers is one of those books that makes you do that. Today was a testament to that.
I loved all the characters, good or bad. In fact, the "good" guys in this are dicks a lot of the time! d'Artagnan and the three musketeers sure love to duel, steal, and seduce. If you look at negative reviews of this book, this is where 99% of the complaints come from. Because as we all know, every protagonist of every book has to be 100% good and can never have any flaws or make any bad decisions. If they do, it of course means the author supports all of those decisions. /s
There's also complaints about one of them raping a woman by pretending to be someone else. But that never happens??? I know what scene they are complaining about. They need to reread it. They got something mixed up.
Also, it's funny if you look at reviews that mention the main villain Milady because it seems there's one word people love to use to describe her and that word is "bitch." Which does kind of fit, but if you try to look at the story from her perspective, you can't really blame her. At least she's not impulsive like d'Artagnan is.
This book is 700 pages in my copy, and there is a lot of plot. The exposition is handled so well. After about 70 pages, I wondered when we would settle down and maybe be forced through some exposition dumps, but there wasn't any. I realized how much those first 70 pages set up without me even realizing it. By the end of the story, all the plot elements are connected in this web of scenes and information. Every chapter feels essential and they all have a twist or a big reveal. The narration is some of the best I've seen, speaking to you like a real person, and even includes some deadpan humor on appropriate occasions. It skips unnecessary details like when someone makes a long trip, but lets you enter all the characters' thoughts when necessary no matter how small or minor the character.
The crafting of this story was so impressive. The duels, the romance, the humor, the tragedy, and all the awesome characters - I love it, I love it, I love it. Now I am pissed because I promised myself I would finish the ten or so unread books on my bookshelf before I buy any more, but I do not own the sequels and I want to read them right now. I cannot wait to find out what these four dudes got up to next.
I loved all the characters, good or bad. In fact, the "good" guys in this are dicks a lot of the time! d'Artagnan and the three musketeers sure love to duel, steal, and seduce. If you look at negative reviews of this book, this is where 99% of the complaints come from. Because as we all know, every protagonist of every book has to be 100% good and can never have any flaws or make any bad decisions. If they do, it of course means the author supports all of those decisions. /s
There's also complaints about one of them raping a woman by pretending to be someone else. But that never happens??? I know what scene they are complaining about. They need to reread it. They got something mixed up.
Also, it's funny if you look at reviews that mention the main villain Milady because it seems there's one word people love to use to describe her and that word is "bitch." Which does kind of fit, but if you try to look at the story from her perspective, you can't really blame her. At least she's not impulsive like d'Artagnan is.
This book is 700 pages in my copy, and there is a lot of plot. The exposition is handled so well. After about 70 pages, I wondered when we would settle down and maybe be forced through some exposition dumps, but there wasn't any. I realized how much those first 70 pages set up without me even realizing it. By the end of the story, all the plot elements are connected in this web of scenes and information. Every chapter feels essential and they all have a twist or a big reveal. The narration is some of the best I've seen, speaking to you like a real person, and even includes some deadpan humor on appropriate occasions. It skips unnecessary details like when someone makes a long trip, but lets you enter all the characters' thoughts when necessary no matter how small or minor the character.
The crafting of this story was so impressive. The duels, the romance, the humor, the tragedy, and all the awesome characters - I love it, I love it, I love it. Now I am pissed because I promised myself I would finish the ten or so unread books on my bookshelf before I buy any more, but I do not own the sequels and I want to read them right now. I cannot wait to find out what these four dudes got up to next.