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the_jesus_fandom's review against another edition
2.0
Lol Lord Tony has bad taste, RTC
Okay, the review:
So, I was so glad this book finally addressed the way the aristocracy really oppressed the peasants. The first part was about a village that was basically starving because of taxation, etc. And obviously any misstep would be punished by hanging. The Duc the Kernogan and his daughter do not come across as nice at all. The Duc hangs an innocent man, and Yvonne is rude to her driver. The book establishes she has been taught to see peasants as little more than animals. I feel like the author almost excuses it by saying "well yeah but that's how she's been taught!" Okay, still don't like her.
Obviously, the author had to make the villain who is out for revenge a nasty piece of work in some way, so he
The Duc never once feels regret for his actions. At one point, the villain is monologuing (and the book calls it half-crazed, even when he really makes excellent points) and the duc realises he killed the villain's father years ago. Not once does he feel regret! He only feels regret about the fact that his own stupidity caused all this, not any of his other terrible actions.
Other stuff:
- Poor children labelled as "tiny, miserable atoms of humanity". They're children, ma'am.
- Poor women: "There was no individuality amongst them - just one uniform sisterhood of wretchedness which had already gone hand in hand with crime"
- Yvonne is really stupid.
- According to the author, Breton peasants have an "innate rapacity"
- Yvonne really tries to calm down a crowd by telling them "I am poor and wretched like yourselves" Like girlllllll the audacity
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- Yvonne really
- The author still maintains the government agents are in this because they actually care about the revolution. Clearly they're in it for their egos.
- The French Commandant Fleury really got the bad end of the deal... I just kinda wonder how many people lost their heads directly because of the SP
- I love this insult: "you old noodle"
- This was sweet: "Now for Le Croisic and the Day-Dream, sighed the daring adventurer contentedly. ... and for Marguerite! he added wistfully."
Okay, the review:
So, I was so glad this book finally addressed the way the aristocracy really oppressed the peasants. The first part was about a village that was basically starving because of taxation, etc. And obviously any misstep would be punished by hanging. The Duc the Kernogan and his daughter do not come across as nice at all. The Duc hangs an innocent man, and Yvonne is rude to her driver. The book establishes she has been taught to see peasants as little more than animals. I feel like the author almost excuses it by saying "well yeah but that's how she's been taught!" Okay, still don't like her.
Obviously, the author had to make the villain who is out for revenge a nasty piece of work in some way, so he
Spoiler
SA's YvonneThe Duc never once feels regret for his actions. At one point, the villain is monologuing (and the book calls it half-crazed, even when he really makes excellent points) and the duc realises he killed the villain's father years ago. Not once does he feel regret! He only feels regret about the fact that his own stupidity caused all this, not any of his other terrible actions.
Other stuff:
- Poor children labelled as "tiny, miserable atoms of humanity". They're children, ma'am.
- Poor women: "There was no individuality amongst them - just one uniform sisterhood of wretchedness which had already gone hand in hand with crime"
- Yvonne is really stupid.
Spoiler
She gets led to an inn by some stranger, who she has actually been dating for months, and she doesn't recognise him?- According to the author, Breton peasants have an "innate rapacity"
- Yvonne really tries to calm down a crowd by telling them "I am poor and wretched like yourselves" Like girlllllll the audacity
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Spoiler
Someone actually dies in this! I gotta say I love that, I was waiting for the SP to finally not have complete success, it changed things up.- Yvonne really
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falls unconscious at the most inconvenient time. It's so annoying and stupid. It wasn't scary enough for that! And it also just makes her even more useless. As a lot of women are in these books, haha.- The author still maintains the government agents are in this because they actually care about the revolution. Clearly they're in it for their egos.
- The French Commandant Fleury really got the bad end of the deal... I just kinda wonder how many people lost their heads directly because of the SP
- I love this insult: "you old noodle"
- This was sweet: "Now for Le Croisic and the Day-Dream, sighed the daring adventurer contentedly. ... and for Marguerite! he added wistfully."
sunflowers_sunsets's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
onymousotter's review against another edition
3.0
I had no idea that The Scarlet Pimpernel had sequels, so it was exciting to discover some of what happened to these characters. The resolution was ultimately a little disappointing, and I wish we could have seen more from Sir Percy’s perspective.
thenovelbook's review against another edition
2.0
It's been so long since I've read a Scarlet Pimpernel book that I can't remember if they're all like this, but there was way too much time spent on the plottings of the bad guys and not enough time with Sir Percy!!
danielle12997's review against another edition
4.0
Not her best work but points for being set in Bath.
kat_the_bookcat's review against another edition
3.0
Tony is in LOVE! He has fallen for a young French aristocrat, Yvonne, the daughter of the Duc de Kernogan. But he's not the preferred suitor. At least in her father's eyes. That honor goes to Martin-Roget, a Frenchman with a sketchy past. When Yvonne and her father end up in danger, Tony enlists the help of the Scarlet Pimpernel to save her from her father's enemies and Citizen Chauvelin.
I enjoyed this book. There was so much sass, Tony and Yvonne are adorable together, and our beloved Scarlet Pimpernel spent so much time taunting Chauvelin that I was trying not to laugh my head off on the airplane.
I enjoyed this book. There was so much sass, Tony and Yvonne are adorable together, and our beloved Scarlet Pimpernel spent so much time taunting Chauvelin that I was trying not to laugh my head off on the airplane.
holtfan's review against another edition
4.0
I have been looking forward to reading this particular Scarlet Pimpernel book for some time. Lord Tony’s Wife, for heaven’s sake its very title is exciting! Lord Anthony Dewhurst is one of my favorite characters and any adventure that involves his youthful excitement is worth it.
Plot
At the beginning of the revolution, a young man named Pierre Adet leads a mob against his lord, the Duc de Kernogan in Nantes. His plan fails and he is forced to flee, but the Duc, determined to have justice, hangs Pierre’s innocent Father for the crime. Pierre, bent on revenge, turns himself into Martin-Roget, a wealthy French immigrant, and begins courting the Duc de Kernogan’s daughter, Yvonne. Among Yvonne’s other suitors is the boyish and charming Lord Anthony Dewhurst, peer of the realm, favorite of society, and close friend of that famed fob of society, Sir Percy Blackney . Lord Tony convinces Yvonne to elope with him, but she is later kidnapped by Martin-Roget (Pierre) and taken to France to be disgraced and guillotined. Will the Scarlet Pimpernel be able to save her from the mostly deadly trap lade yet? Will Chauvelin finally get the revenge he seeks? Will Lord Tony ever hold his bride in his arms again?
Thoughts
As another reviewer said, there is really nothing “new” in this book. In fact, for most of it I felt like it was more simplistic than your average Scarlet Pimpernel novel. I was almost disappointed with it, right up until the end. Yvonne’s rescue is predictable to anyone who has read enough of the Scarlet Pimpernel, but it is daring and fun and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Once again, it was the adventure at the end that made the book for me.
I am starting to get tired of the typical Pimpernel bad-guy, though. They are always ugly and gnashing their teeth and leering evilly. The chapters were also longer then they needed to be. I want more Percy!! More Tony! More Andrew! They are the characters I read these books for. The daring-do-gooders. Monologues about honor and love bore me. Extensive bad-guy creation where the evil-looking cowardly creep rants against the Scarlet Pimpernel is interesting…at first. After five chapters it gets slow.
But the intimate glances into the workings of the Scarlet Pimpernel’s gang are wonderful. I love reading about it, and I will continue reading about it. Even if all the women in these stories seem to do nothing but go about and faint, even if Chauvelin clenches his fist and smothers his anger a thousand times, still I will read on! Because Sir Percy is timeless. Honor, virtue, courage…unadulterated goodness. He embodies it and sometimes, it is just fun to read about a character that fights for no other benefit then that of the weak. Good is good and bad is bad and love triumphs over all. Sometimes, though, that good-good, evil-evil, black and white can be a bit tiring.
I don’t recommend to many Scarlet Pimpernel books in a row.
Plot
At the beginning of the revolution, a young man named Pierre Adet leads a mob against his lord, the Duc de Kernogan in Nantes. His plan fails and he is forced to flee, but the Duc, determined to have justice, hangs Pierre’s innocent Father for the crime. Pierre, bent on revenge, turns himself into Martin-Roget, a wealthy French immigrant, and begins courting the Duc de Kernogan’s daughter, Yvonne. Among Yvonne’s other suitors is the boyish and charming Lord Anthony Dewhurst, peer of the realm, favorite of society, and close friend of that famed fob of society, Sir Percy Blackney . Lord Tony convinces Yvonne to elope with him, but she is later kidnapped by Martin-Roget (Pierre) and taken to France to be disgraced and guillotined. Will the Scarlet Pimpernel be able to save her from the mostly deadly trap lade yet? Will Chauvelin finally get the revenge he seeks? Will Lord Tony ever hold his bride in his arms again?
Thoughts
As another reviewer said, there is really nothing “new” in this book. In fact, for most of it I felt like it was more simplistic than your average Scarlet Pimpernel novel. I was almost disappointed with it, right up until the end. Yvonne’s rescue is predictable to anyone who has read enough of the Scarlet Pimpernel, but it is daring and fun and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Once again, it was the adventure at the end that made the book for me.
I am starting to get tired of the typical Pimpernel bad-guy, though. They are always ugly and gnashing their teeth and leering evilly. The chapters were also longer then they needed to be. I want more Percy!! More Tony! More Andrew! They are the characters I read these books for. The daring-do-gooders. Monologues about honor and love bore me. Extensive bad-guy creation where the evil-looking cowardly creep rants against the Scarlet Pimpernel is interesting…at first. After five chapters it gets slow.
But the intimate glances into the workings of the Scarlet Pimpernel’s gang are wonderful. I love reading about it, and I will continue reading about it. Even if all the women in these stories seem to do nothing but go about and faint, even if Chauvelin clenches his fist and smothers his anger a thousand times, still I will read on! Because Sir Percy is timeless. Honor, virtue, courage…unadulterated goodness. He embodies it and sometimes, it is just fun to read about a character that fights for no other benefit then that of the weak. Good is good and bad is bad and love triumphs over all. Sometimes, though, that good-good, evil-evil, black and white can be a bit tiring.
I don’t recommend to many Scarlet Pimpernel books in a row.
kailey_luminouslibro's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of my favorite of the Scarlet Pimpernel series!
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