A review by ipanzica
The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

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.