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Originally Posted by Fearonsarms
I'll have to give this a read I loved The Ninth Gate.
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Finished
The Club Dumas last night, and figured I'd share my thoughts without giving anything away. So I'll speak in generalities as much as I can for any that are wanting to eventually give it a try.
I really enjoyed it. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars. That said, this is one of the few instances where the movie is better than the book (in my opinion).
There's two plots in the book. One revolves around Alexander Dumas'
The Three Musketeers, and the other around the
Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows.
Obviously, the movie takes out the whole Dumas plot. Which was a great move. Not that the Dumas angle wasn't interesting, it was, but it really focused the story better. In fact, the Dumas plot is so similar to another movie (that I love) by David Fincher, that I'm left wondering if a hollywood writer totally ripped off this plot line after reading this book.
Some positives:
-You get actual physical pictures of those neat engravings from the Nine Gates
-The conversation with the Baroness is longer and goes into great detail on the engravings
-You get more information on the mysterious woman
Some negatives:
- The ending is a lot better in the movie
- The author tries to keep the story light, and even adds a comedic character, which I would have rather it gone in the opposite direction, making it darker and more foreboding.
- the Nine Gates gets a lot less page time than I wanted, and that's why I give it 4 stars instead of 5.