Alexandre Dumas and Raymond H. Harris - The Man in the Iron Mask

Pros: it could have been a good story

Cons: it s not a good story; falls apart in the middle and never reassembles

The Bottom Line: Skip The Man in the Iron Mask if you have any self-respect or love for good books.

Review: I love books with only the barest suggestions of plot and a charm that subsides entirely on personality, the so-called plotless book. It works when the author is a master at the craft.

If only The Man in the Iron Mask had no plot...

Pros: Good plot--for 200 pages

Cons: Stupid hole, right in the middle

Review: I?ll start off by saying this: I am reviewing a book that I never finished. I debated this for the longest time, but decided it wasn?t worth the frustration of finishing just to be able to write a review. So I guess you can see what I think of...

Pros: Tells what happened to the famous musketeers

Cons: Second half is boring, ponderous, and lacking in strong characters

Review: It pains me to write this because I am, at heart, a print person. My paycheck depends on people wanting and buying printed materials. But this is one instance where the movie far outshines the book and I'm glad there was a screenwriter with a vision...

Pros: Nice to see all the guys together again.

Cons: Hugely disappointing ending!

Review: For years I have wanted to read "The Man In the Iron Mask." I was always reluctant to attempt it, however, because it is the final book to the three musketeers series and I didn't want to read it before finishing all the books before it...

Pros: Action, suspense, drama, quality work

Cons: Lengthy, not for the passive reader

Review: Dumas is a French author through and through. That means that he writes in a witty, all encompassing style with massive plots, detailed characters, and vivid imagery and scenery. If you are the kind of person that thinks Steele novels are wordy,...