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A review by victoria_2000
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
4.0
This is such a fun novel, full of political intrigue yet surprisingly lighthearted. The protagonist, d'Artagnan, is a flawed character but certainly an entertaining one. You can't help but feel that he's kind of an idiot and yet at the same time he also appears to be quite cunning.
My one gripe with The Three Musketeers is that it easily could have been about 200 pages shorter, which is why I won't rate it 5 stars. The latter half of the book could have been condensed in my opinion. However, I suppose this is probably because the story was originally published in serial format. Dumas would have had a different view on the length than a modern reader would have. Overall, I'd recommend this novel, particularly the Pevear translation.
My one gripe with The Three Musketeers is that it easily could have been about 200 pages shorter, which is why I won't rate it 5 stars. The latter half of the book could have been condensed in my opinion. However, I suppose this is probably because the story was originally published in serial format. Dumas would have had a different view on the length than a modern reader would have. Overall, I'd recommend this novel, particularly the Pevear translation.