'The Dumas Club' by Arturo Perex-Reverte was quite fun.

Submitted by skylerren t3_z5ewxh in books

I got it second hand, kinda old and some pages splashed with something red lightly. And I bought...just because. With a Stephen Fry book. It was terribly packaged, but books survived.

Anyway.

Even with a lot of info-dumping and very European stuff I couldn't grasp, I still enjoyed it. Some sexual stuff could be on r/menwritingwomen but I didn't find it too offensive. Real in places even. A nice detective thrill-ride.

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Hugasaur t1_ixvp65z wrote

Agreed. Are you aware of the film adaptation called The Ninth Gate? It is not an exact adaptation and is maybe not perfect but I really enjoyed it.

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skylerren OP t1_ixvptu7 wrote

I'll have to remember it!

To be honest, I immediatly thought of Gael Garcia Bernal because of ''Adopt me smile'' desctiption. Make the adaptation a limited series with that guy, could be cool.

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jnp2346 t1_ixvua94 wrote

I’ve read 4 or 5 of Reverte’s books. I enjoyed them all. I’d recommend The Flanders Panel.

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Top-Abrocoma-3729 t1_ixvr34w wrote

I love this book! The character of Corso and the whole focus on book acquisitions and examining woodcuts was interesting!

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skylerren OP t1_ixvs652 wrote

Yeah, very much so. But couldn't help but comparing myself to those collectors...

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lucia-pacciola t1_ixz2q4z wrote

Usually a movie, no matter how good it is, has less than the book it adapts. Having thoroughly enjoyed The Ninth Gate, I was excited to see what more the book had to offer. I was surprised to discover it was the other way around, this time.

On the other hand, The Fencing Master was quite good.

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PrincessModesty t1_ixw4pjy wrote

I really enjoyed the book. The completely bonkers two plots were so interesting and I also can picture so many of Corso’s mannerisms because of the descriptions:

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skylerren OP t1_ixw9yi3 wrote

Yeah. He was also strangely likable and not easily gross like many of protagonists like that. What a nice book, honeslty.

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skylerren OP t1_ixwcgms wrote

Info dump was hard, but it amuzed me, because my grandmother pestered me about reading Dumas for a while.

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