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The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas

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irenekaoru's review against another edition

I found this novel desperately boring. In all fairness I should have read the books that are meant to come first, first.

rjemurray's review against another edition

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4.0

A bit of a let down based on the insane quality of the series as a whole. It's also interesting that the movie and the book had such an incredibly different ending/story. Anyway, good read, but also sad. Amazing series overall.

rionysus's review against another edition

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2.0

This book is a total drag and is the epitome of why people hate to read "the classics." It is shocking how little actually happens over the span of so many pages. Do yourself a favour and read the Three Musketeers instead.

oysterkatcher's review

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4.0

It took me quite a while to make it all the way through this book, but I'm so glad I did. I almost gave up on it in the beginning (I'm so bad at making it through historical political jargon, especially while being bombarded with new characters at every turn) but I finally made it to the sass and the drama that (in my opinion) classic novels do best.
I wasn't prepared for the character deaths, so be warned--if you get as attached as I did, it's gonna hurt.

keirmorse's review against another edition

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4.0

This is the final third of the larger novel "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" which in itself is the third book in The Musketeers Trilogy. As many people seem to read this one on its own, I thought I'd add my thoughts on that. Basically, don't do it. The "man in the iron mask" subplot is a very minor one and probably not at all what you would expect based on the movies. While this is a good book if you have read the rest of the series, you will probably find it very lacking if you haven't. If you want a good stand-alone Dumas book, I would recommend the first book in this series "The Three Musketeers", the unabridged version of "The Count of Monte Cristo", or "Memoirs of a Physician".