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Read for the first time. I am pretty sure I had never read it but probably saw various movies that were based on the book. The story of 4 men, three musketeers and a young man, d'Artagran who is an intern. The setting is France during the 1600s. The novel, while an adventure and romance, has a political setting. It is a time of religious upheaval with Luther and Calvin. Louis XIII is the king of France and Richelieu is cardinal who had control over the government and power over Louis XIII. In th
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I'm trying to put together a coherent review.
First of all, the thing that struck me the most reading this book is how wildly different it was than my preconceived notions about it. I guess through primarily pop culture references, I viewed this book as a harmless heroic action story. It is definitely more than that, and NOT that.
The Musketeers are vivid and interesting. At the beginning they seem like 17th-century French "Bros." Hard drinking, womanizing, arrogant, picking fights for no reason, ...more
First of all, the thing that struck me the most reading this book is how wildly different it was than my preconceived notions about it. I guess through primarily pop culture references, I viewed this book as a harmless heroic action story. It is definitely more than that, and NOT that.
The Musketeers are vivid and interesting. At the beginning they seem like 17th-century French "Bros." Hard drinking, womanizing, arrogant, picking fights for no reason, ...more
A fun read that had more cynicism and less swashbuckling than I anticipated. The Musketeers (there are actually four of them) are not quite the noble warriors I expected. In fact, they're more endearingly rogue than noble.
One thing that struck me is that the story seems like two books in one. It begins as a story about male valor and exploits and then, about halfway through, the great villainess Milady takes over. It's as if Dumas started out to write one book and then, midstream, wrote another. ...more
One thing that struck me is that the story seems like two books in one. It begins as a story about male valor and exploits and then, about halfway through, the great villainess Milady takes over. It's as if Dumas started out to write one book and then, midstream, wrote another. ...more
I skimmed a lot because a lot of it was kind of dumb.
Jul 04, 2009
Diane
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Jul 22, 2010
Ann
marked it as to-read
Nov 04, 2010
Theresa
marked it as to-read
Jan 18, 2012
Nanosynergy
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Jan 19, 2012
Andre Mitchell
marked it as to-read
Nov 01, 2012
Karina
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Dec 30, 2012
Cora
marked it as tbr-on-hand
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Feb 21, 2015
Elizabeth
marked it as to-read
