Not Exactly the Three Musketeers [Paperback]

Joel Rosenberg (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Tor Books (1999)
• ASIN: B000OTP6M4
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Terrific Companion to the "Guardians of the Flame" Series, March 20, 2000

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Allan Bradley - See all my reviews

This review is from: Not Exactly The Three Musketeers (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book.This is more of a companion story with less about our first group of heroes than to the previous 6 books in the series .Joel really lets us see the world through the soldiers eyes instead of the gallant heroes in the earlier Guardians of the Flame novels..There is plenty of action and a truly unique comraderie with these 3 guys..They get into trouble,get out of it,and right back in..By the time you get halfway through this book you'll love these misfits.I found myself laughing while reading this book & at some points wanting to cry..Never a dull moment & a must read for any Rosenberg fan,Guardians of the Flame fan,or fantasy lover...

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WWW: Well Worth the Wait, January 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Not Exactly the Three Musketeers (Guardians of the Flame/Joel Rosenberg) (Hardcover)

I skipped work to gobble this one upyesterday and then reread it today.

Rosenberg keeps surprising me with the Guardians of the Flame series. The first books were well-done swashbuckling [sp?] fantasy series, with well-above-average characters, the best damn fight scenes in modern fantasy, and a quirky bloodymindedness that kept me wondering if Karl Cullinane could still be alive.

Then the second series, the two Walter Slovotsky books, turned things inside out and made it all close and personal.

Now, with the (eighth?) latest book in the series, Rosenberg seems to be reinventing heroic fantasy with almost casual ease.

No, they're not exactly the three musketeers. If you want a Dumas pastiche, read Steve Brust's Parfi (sp?) books.

This one is something else, as though Rosenberg is trying to reinvent what Dumas and ERBurroughs and Sabatini were getting at in their time.

My only question for "Jayar" (I caught the cameo appearance by Rosenberg in his own book -- very sneaky, Mr. R!) is:

When's the next one?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dumas should have had it so good, February 24, 2000

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Oscar Bartles - See all my reviews

This review is from: Not Exactly The Three Musketeers (Paperback)

I'm not sure I buy the notion that Rosenberg's three heroes are intended to reprise Dumas' -- Durine and Pirojil could maybe both lay claim to being Porthos, while Kethol is much more D'Artagnan than Aramis, but none of them parallel terribly well -- but that's more than okay.

What I absolutely love about this one is the interplay between the three characters, much moreso than in the Dumas books. Their three-way partnership, while rarely overtly discussed in the book, is the heart of the story.

It sort of reminded me of a really, really good buddy movie, except that there isn't just one pair of buddies, but three, and half the fun is watching them not quite get along.

A terrific book.