I generally review books in the language I read them, but this is specially for English readers. Lots of English reviewers here seem to think this is just a swashbuckling adventure novel, and the plot is too straightforward for that.But it's not. It is a period piece, a reconstruction of atmosphere,...
Hasło reklamowe "Mężczyzny, który tańczył tango" głosiło, że to najgorętsza książka ubiegłego sezonu. To nie mogło zwiastować niczego dobrego. Na przekór wszystkiemu postanowiłem, że spróbuję rozerwać się przy czytadle - przecież w literaturze pociągowej też przeważnie da się znaleźć coś ciekawego. ...
bookshelves: fraudio, translation, spring-2010, swashbuckler, war, philosophy, historical-fiction, dutch, adventure, published-1998, art-forms Read on April 15, 2010 Unabridged read by Dave John.Blurb - In The Sun over Breda, Pérez-Reverte continues his thrilling chronicle of the swordsman-for-hi...
The start of a series following the titular Captain Alatriste, written in the style of a reminiscence by one of his friends.Whilst it's not too bad in getting the flavour of the period across, and setting up the characters and motivations, there's not too much in the way of swashbuckling adventure o...
The start of a series following the titular Captain Alatriste, written in the style of a reminiscence by one of his friends.Whilst it's not too bad in getting the flavour of the period across, and setting up the characters and motivations, there's not too much in the way of swashbuckling adventure o...
bookshelves: fraudio, mystery-thriller, books-about-books-and-book-shops Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: vivienne Read in January, 2009 oooh lots of mumbo jumbo and an albino henchman - fab stuff! It seems that I will need to go hunting for a Depp film and that never hurts my eyes. Lucas Corso is...
bookshelves: autumn-2013, fraudio, translation, tbr-busting-2013, art-forms, published-2006, spain, war, revenge, philosophy, teh-brillianz, mystery-thriller Read from October 07 to 09, 2013 Simon Vance reads.From the cover: Acclaimed author Arturo Perez-Reverte has earned a distinguished repu...
A very enjoyable read for all booklovers.I first watched the movie - The Ninth Gate - and actually had no idea that it was based on a book. Both are quite different however so the watching the movie first doesn't spoil the book. In the movie the title-giving Club Dumas doesn't exist and the focus is...
I wanted to like this more than I did. It was fine but not quite the swashbuckling adventure I had hoped it would be. Perhaps the storytelling style or the translation didn't do justice to the plot and characters. I'm glad a Goodreads member (Clif Hostetler) wrote about the historical event around w...
Okay interesting, this is the book that the film "The Ninth Gate" was based on, I prefered the film, the book came across as a bit laboured. Possibly me tho'.
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