Book Review: The Three Musketeers (Dumas)
Have I read this before: Nopers. I started it back in the summer of 2008 but only got like 30 pages in for some reason. Not sure why I stopped.
Review: I really like Dumas. The idea of four sword-fighting dudes fighting for the king sounds like an appealing story on its own, but Dumas seems to up the intrigue quite a bit by the way the story proceeds. Also, poisonings. That seems to be a thing for Dumas.
Anyway. I’ve always enjoyed stories that have characters with very distinct, almost trope-like personalities/personality traits. This is one of them. It’s like the three Karamazov brothers, but with more swords and less Russian name confusion.
(Okay, it’s not, really, but can you imagine how fantastic that would be?)
Also, Porthos will forever look like Oliver Platt in my mind. THANKS, DISNEY.
Favorite part: The death of Constance is really freaking sad. I hate to call that my favorite part, but it is. The vast majority of The Three Musketeers is either action or humor (or both), but that part was definitely very sad.
I also really liked the friendship that built between Athos and d’Artagnan.
Rating: 8/10
Book Review: The Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas)
Have I read this before: Yes. Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away (junior high).
Review: Actually, I don’t know where I was when I read this, ‘cause I swear I only remember the “breaking out of prison” part. From this whole magnificent book, that’s the only part I remembered. That happened like in the first 100 pages! What the hell, younger me.
Anyway.
Look at this chart of the character relationships in this book and tell me this isn’t a soap opera in novel form.
A LOT happens in this book, but it’s really hard to summarize without giving it all away. For some reason it strikes me as almost a little bit Princess Bride-ish in parts, but maybe that’s ‘cause Dantes is really good at keeping his cool (most of the time).
Favorite part: Hmm…probably the whole “why is everybody getting poisoned? Who is poisoning everybody?! ENOUGH WITH THE POISONING JEEZ!” part. You know what I’m talking about if you’ve read it.
Rating: 7.5/10
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