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lakmus's review against another edition
3.0
Idk, it's a cool adventure book, three-musketeers-style. Nothing particularly good or bad about it, good for a plane trip or some such thing.
xestibalizx's review against another edition
1.0
Hay libros y libros. Libros que me encantan y me quedo con el más minimo detalle y libros que no me acuerdo ni de los nombres. Como me pasa con este. Me he enterado a duras penas de la trama y ni me he molestado en memorizar bien los nombres.
Yo no soy nada de novela histórica. Pero nada de nada. Y se me ha hecho un libro con lo que leer un capítulo era todo un milagro. Y aunque es cierto que luego mejora, se me hacia muy pesado. Súmale el hecho de que era una lectura obligatoria y tenemos al libro incorrecto en el momento incorrecto. Puede que en otra época lo relea y me encante. Pero llegó en el momento equivocado con una situación complicada.
Conclusión: no me ha gustado nada de nada. La trama me parecía buena, si, pero la forma de escribir de Arturo se me hace d elo más pesada.
Espero que algún día lo coja con más ganas. De momento, va directo a la zona de intercambio.
Yo no soy nada de novela histórica. Pero nada de nada. Y se me ha hecho un libro con lo que leer un capítulo era todo un milagro. Y aunque es cierto que luego mejora, se me hacia muy pesado. Súmale el hecho de que era una lectura obligatoria y tenemos al libro incorrecto en el momento incorrecto. Puede que en otra época lo relea y me encante. Pero llegó en el momento equivocado con una situación complicada.
Conclusión: no me ha gustado nada de nada. La trama me parecía buena, si, pero la forma de escribir de Arturo se me hace d elo más pesada.
Espero que algún día lo coja con más ganas. De momento, va directo a la zona de intercambio.
laukowski's review against another edition
2.0
la trama está muy bien pero sos la forma de escribir era infumable
lilylanie's review against another edition
3.0
Kind of an odd little book, and not at all what I expected, but I liked it.
paul_gallagher's review against another edition
4.0
Half the stars for swashbuckling action, and the other half for a good soak in the atmosphere of Spain in the 17th century.
daniel_faniel's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Maybe the translation doesn’t do it justice, but I found this book to be really boring. It’s only around 240 pages and yet feels like it drags on and on.
Every plot point can be summed up in a single paragraph. Not a summary/synopsis of the book. No, literally every single event that forwards the story. Almost nothing happens.
The very end of the book was good in all honesty. The conversation and dialogue was super enjoyable. The issue is that everything before that just felt like filler, and the ending is clearly building up to future installments.
And the characters are very flat. It also confusingly jumps between Inigo and Alatriste’s point of view at some parts I seriously didn’t know whose head we were in. I also don’t get the point of being in Inigo’s point of view since he does like literally nothing, and it seems clear Alatriste is the more interesting character and the author believes that as well.
Every plot point can be summed up in a single paragraph. Not a summary/synopsis of the book. No, literally every single event that forwards the story. Almost nothing happens.
The very end of the book was good in all honesty. The conversation and dialogue was super enjoyable. The issue is that everything before that just felt like filler, and the ending is clearly building up to future installments.
And the characters are very flat. It also confusingly jumps between Inigo and Alatriste’s point of view at some parts I seriously didn’t know whose head we were in. I also don’t get the point of being in Inigo’s point of view since he does like literally nothing, and it seems clear Alatriste is the more interesting character and the author believes that as well.
evgeorge's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This is the first book I’ve read by Arturo Perez Reverte. He is a new favorite. The story is well paced, intriguing and exciting. The author crafted an engaging story and introduced of cast of characters that I am eager to follow on their next adventure.
alexbirsan's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0