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El club Dumas
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Sonia Soto
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book is about a book detective who is tasked to figure out if a copy of a book is real or not. As his investigation continues, his life is in danger, a possible encounter with the Devil seems imminent, and his sanity is tested. I was definitely intrigued but would have benefited from a much faster pacing. I felt like every time that the pace was starting to pick up we'd stop, once again, to learn more and more about Dumas or one of his many books. That, or we'd have an unnecessarily long description about someone's body (especially women's bodies). Like, yes, I get that they are either super attractive or really not attractive at all but ummm isn't there a mystery to solve here?
All that said, the way that Perez-Reverte constructed the story was definitely clever and I did enjoy trying to figure things out myself (with my limited Dumas knowledge ha!). Overall, if you are super into Dumas or older classic literature then you'll likely get more out of this one. (Also if you like puzzles).
All that said, the way that Perez-Reverte constructed the story was definitely clever and I did enjoy trying to figure things out myself (with my limited Dumas knowledge ha!). Overall, if you are super into Dumas or older classic literature then you'll likely get more out of this one. (Also if you like puzzles).