Reviews

The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

ipanzica's review against another edition

5.0

An exciting and fun book! This book is a great read even if you haven't read the other books in this series. Though if you are reading this book because you loved the movie The Man in the Iron Mask, I have to warn you that the movie is very different from the book. For example, the King was not a big villain in the book who is a huge threat. So the King being replaced by his brother feels less like replacing a tyrant with a kind and humble king and more like replacing an average king with a puppet king controlled by the Musketeers. This is made even worse by

Spoiler

Aramis telling Phillippe, that his brother, the King knew about him and supported his imprisonment, even though the King didn't even know he had a brother.

Though overall it was a great read; I liked all of the characters, the plot was interesting, and it had a lot of funny moments sprinkled into the action and drama.

may_books20's review

3.0

Wow. This book took me 3 months to read. Yikes.

draculaura21's review

slow-paced

1.75

pa3jans_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I was not prepared for this book to be this sad. It really got to me.

ekb523's review

2.0

This is a terrible thing to say, but I think I liked the movie better (obviously Leonardo played a role in the weighing of the movie over the book). I was surprised how small a role the "man in the iron mask" actually played in this book. There were definitely some exciting fight scenes and such, but for the most part, it felt very long and drawn out.

angela_iseli's review

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

redclayhome's review

adventurous challenging sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

beingshort's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

qwertyatty's review against another edition

4.0

Not much "derring-do" as said in the book preview, but still a nice classic. A good read.

baptismbyvire's review

3.0

I wish I could have experienced this novel in its original serial format, getting a piece of it with the delivery of the newspaper every week. Reading it all as one lump of a story doesn't do it justice. I didn't enjoy it. :( Plus the title is so misleading. The iron mask part is just a little detail in the story. :(