Swashbuckling Good Fun!!, 05 Jul 2007
What fun! This books just jumps right out and keeps moving along (except for a couple of slow spots -- but needed to develop the character's past, etc.) The cameraderie between the Musketeers is awesome and they are incredibly wonderful scamps.

D'artagnon was adorable, as were Athos, Aramis and Porthos. The evil Milady was truly EVIL and WICKED. The dialogue was awesome, it just crackled right along. I think we all know the basic story and how it ended, but reading the book was much more enjoyable than the movie, as they always are. It did bring back many memories of that wonderful version from the 70's, with Michael York and Raquel Welch. I will have to revisit that, and am currently reading the sequels, Twenty Years After, The Vicomte de Bragelonne, Louis de Lavalierre and The Man In the Iron Mask. Dumas is truly a brilliant author.


Fantastic - wasted on kids, 08 Aug 2003
This is the best book I have read in ages. I remember it as a childrens story but (as they say) you can't beat the real thing! The pace of this story is breathtaking and I soon found myself consumed with the whole tale. I really like his style. It's fast, it's fun, it's cheeky and the indiscretions add a certain something that, as I say, is wasted on kids. It's a classic for all the right reasons, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Harmless swashbuckling fun, 22 Dec 2002
The Three Musketeers has gone down in history as one of the archetypal historical adventures and deserves its reputation as an influential example of this genre. Because it was written originally as a serial, it has many moments of cliffhanger suspense throughout. The story is fast moving and it is great to get a glimpse of aspects of life from that age. On the downside, some of the characters are a little hard to get to grips with (e.g. Madame Bonancieux starts out as resourceful and cunning becomes increasing flighty towards the end, Lady de Winter is simply TOO evil, while Cardinal Richelieu does not seem evil enough to be a worthy adversary). Compare the characters in The Three Musketeers with those in The Count of Monte Cristo and you will understand how mature Alexandre Dumas' writing can be. Overall a fun but not necessarily challenging read.

fast paced but a bit predictable, 31 Oct 2002
I was inspired to read this after enjoying Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo". It was just as fast paced, enjoyable and entertaining. However I couldn't help feeling a little cheated. The plot was very predictable: we always knew none of the musketeers would die, and whatever troubles they had they would overcome them, giving the story a plodding, formulaic inevitability. Also, many of the characters were very one-dimensional: even the evil protagonist, Milady, who was just evil, with seemingly no motivation for her heinous crimes.
In short, enjoyable in it's own right, but "literary classic"- I don't think so.

Excellent!, 02 Mar 2001
This book is a magnificent choice for those people who love classic literature. It is an absolutely fantastic book and i recommend those people that have read this book to go ahead and also read the continuation of the musketeers' story. There are another four books, namely : Twenty years after, Le Vicomte De Bragelonne, Louise De La Valliere, The man in the iron mask. Personally i believe the best of the books is "The three musketeers" but all the books are sensational. Have a nice time reading!