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Hoa Tulilp Đen
by Alexandre Dumas
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
An enjoyable little Dumas story. Excellent, approachable writing featuring an incarcerated man who shares the secret of how to acquire a vast fortune. If that sounds familiar, you're right. Believe me, I laughed out loud at this similarity to The Count of Monte Cristo. Like, is this set-up a Dumas calling card? A well-worn trope? Perhaps the latter, because it still works here. But that's where the similarity ends and The Black Tulip goes on to tell its own story about, well...a black tulip, and the man and woman who overcome the odds against them to grow it.
The plot is a little melodramatic, and that's what makes it fun. Theft! Mob justice! Horticulture! Romance! Contrived rescue plans carried out by messenger pigeon! Basically all the makings of a 17th-century soap opera, but well worth the read.
The plot is a little melodramatic, and that's what makes it fun. Theft! Mob justice! Horticulture! Romance! Contrived rescue plans carried out by messenger pigeon! Basically all the makings of a 17th-century soap opera, but well worth the read.