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jmoravec 's review for:
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
Once again, Dumas' writing really just flows in a gripping, "can't put it down," way. It might have been 700 pages long, but there were nights where I read 100 or so pages and it felt like I had read only 20. I can't imagine having to wait in between chapters when it was published in a serialized fashion.
While The Count of Monte Cristo was a fairly serious revenge story, The Three Musketeers is a (mostly) fun adventure and romp with the three lovable musketeers and our hot headed, young, and full of passion, protagonist D'Artagnan. And although when one thinks of this story (at least for me), there are images of lots of sword battles and adventure, I think where it really shines is in the characters' sometimes farcical interactions. There were multiple times in the story where I was laughing due to the musketeers' quest for money or saving face or not being too obvious around their mistress' husbands.
Once thing I didn't expect was the historical fiction bits of it. While I initially went in blind to the events and real people around the story, I did read up as the book went on and learned more about that specific era. There's definitely some great dramatic ironic moments in the book (especially towards the end) if you are familiar with how things will end up. But I also think it speaks to the power of Dumas' writing that the story would hold up even without knowing about it ahead of time.
While The Count of Monte Cristo was a fairly serious revenge story, The Three Musketeers is a (mostly) fun adventure and romp with the three lovable musketeers and our hot headed, young, and full of passion, protagonist D'Artagnan. And although when one thinks of this story (at least for me), there are images of lots of sword battles and adventure, I think where it really shines is in the characters' sometimes farcical interactions. There were multiple times in the story where I was laughing due to the musketeers' quest for money or saving face or not being too obvious around their mistress' husbands.
Once thing I didn't expect was the historical fiction bits of it. While I initially went in blind to the events and real people around the story, I did read up as the book went on and learned more about that specific era. There's definitely some great dramatic ironic moments in the book (especially towards the end) if you are familiar with how things will end up. But I also think it speaks to the power of Dumas' writing that the story would hold up even without knowing about it ahead of time.