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The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 | James Fenimore Cooper

so-so

Belated review…

Honestly, I didn't enjoy this. I didn't find it engaging, for all its action. The characters held promise, but weren't developed at all. I was initially excited about a strong female protagonist in Cora, but her characterization & role flattened as the book went on. Cooper sacrifices character development for horrific action sequences and scenic descriptions that fell flat. There were problematic racial stereotypes galore, but⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) … I was bracing myself for far worse. There was a lot of “noble savage“ to the descriptions of the “good” Native characters, then basically all the Native characters/tribes allied with the French were portrayed as bad/scheming/backward, while their French allies were largely let off the hook. It was so interesting to see the book‘s combo of “of-the-time” stereotypes with some more nuanced depictions of Native characters & culture than ⤵️ 9h

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …I'd have expected. I was pleasantly surprised by the respect shown for the traditions described near the end of the book. But I hated the ending!

Ultimately, I'm torn about this book's value as a classic. It deserves some credit for how it has shaped other writing, and it has some value as a biased but illuminating portrayal of a specific time and place. But on balance, I don't think I'd recommend it. ⤵️ 9h

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) One more off the TBR, read for the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead, and an adventure novel for Q2 of the #ClassicsChallenge. @Lunakay 9h

AmyG I read this after the movie came out. What a slow, tedious read. 8h

Lunakay Well done! 4h

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BethM

1001: Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

Hahahahhahaha anyone else on Team Zero 😆😆There were maybe two that I “read” in high school lit, which meant I actually just used CliffsNotes. I am very much not a classics kind of girl.
#TLT @dabbe @TheSpineView thanks for the tags!

ETA- I‘ve tried to read several like Austen and just really not cared for them.

Ruthiella Have you seen an Austen adaptation and liked it? Just curious, because I think that‘s also a great way to experience an author‘s work, even if it is an adaptation to a different medium. 10h

BethM @Ruthiella I have! I generally have enjoyed several of these as film adaptations. I just can‘t get through the written word. 9h

dabbe We'll be heading to contemporary lit, and that's where you're gonna soar! 😍 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

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MonicaLoves2Read

1001: Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

I got 7%: 7 out of 100😂 Had it not been for my High School Jr and Sr English Teachers it would have only been 2 😂

Top 3:
The Scarlett Letter
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of Usher

Last 2 HS

#TLT #Threelistthursday @dabbe

Texreader Thank heavens I read a couple in school, too! 10h

MonicaLoves2Read @Texreader 😂😂 I guess we each had teachers that thought we needed to read a couple of them 😂 10h

Texreader I only got 8 books. ☺️ 10h

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read @Texreader Here's to getting out of the 1700s! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

MonicaLoves2Read @Texreader you did better than me 8h

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mcctrish

Mill on the Floss | George Eliot

I‘m counting Floss because I‘m currently reading it with #hashtagbrigade and it has to count for something! I did start Ivanhoe that‘s on this list but I‘ve barely touched it so I left it off #TLT #Threelistthursday

Ruthiella I think it‘s fair to count The Mill on the Floss. 👍 10h

mcctrish @Ruthiella we are closer to the end than the start 10h

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Read4life

1001: Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

#TLT @dabbe

Only 19 😣. Hopefully that means my scores will just improve from here. 🤞🏻

CogsOfEncouragement 15 for me! 10h

BethM Umm I‘m team zero lol 10h

dabbe I'm thinking we'll all improve. Thank goodness we're out of the 1700s! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Between all of us, we're around 20-ish. Here's to improving! 😍 9h

dabbe @BethM You'll get higher score as we move forward year-wise. The 1700s was like 😳! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

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BkClubCare

1001: Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

#TLT #ThreeListThursday #1001BooksToReadBeforeYouDie @dabbe

Besides the Austens, my fave on this list is Vanity Fair. Thought it was a hoot!🦉🌟 📚

dabbe I did, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

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lil1inblue

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

I chose the poetry class over the lit class for this era in college. 🤣 Random thoughts:
💚 I was one of the only people in my class who loved Candide when we read it in high school. This still baffles me.
🩵 I saw the netflix series based on House of Usher, and it was so strange. I really want to read the story now.
💙 I hadn't heard of A Dream of Red Mansions before today, and now it's on my tbr.
#tlt #threelistthursday @dabbe

Ruthiella I read Candide in college for a French History class and loved it! 12h

dabbe “House of Usher“ is one of my faves of Poe. You'll love it! If you get a chance to see the campy movie by Roger Corman from the 1960s, that's a fun one, too. It stars Vincent Price as Roderick Usher. You can see it free on YouTube! Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmEbH7mZ8Vk
Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

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jenniferw88

1001: Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

Thanks @dabbe for sharing!

I expected this to be higher with my MA in 18th century studies, but 27! And I'm not sure the Brontes and Dickens should be on this list - I think they are late 1800s authors.

#tlt #threelisthursdays

AmyG If not for Dickens and the Brontes I would have read maybe 2 books? 🤣 13h

dabbe The Brontes were early-mid 1800s (Charlotte died in 1855). Same with Dickens (he died in 1870). Next week's list will cover most of the 1800s. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 13h

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dabbe

1001: Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
Well, this one oughta be fun! I'm such a sucker for book lists. 🤣
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-1700s
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Tagging Littens who played last week. 🤩

BkClubCare, DebinHawaii, peaKnit, melissajayne, Soubhiville, BarkingMadRead, tpixie, AmyG, TheBookHippie, Amiable, Kshakal, CogsOfEncouragement, Susanita, Lynnsoprano, BethM, Bklover, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, TheLudicReader, jenniferw88, julesG, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, Eggs, Amor4Libros, Bookwormjillk, Read4life, MonicaLoves2Read, rwmg, CSeydel, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, Butterfinger, ChaoticMissAdventures, Cupcake12, lil1inblue, Lesliereadsalot, willaful, AnnCrystal, BooksandCoffee4Me

Librarybelle I got 16, but there are so many I‘m in the middle of but did not count because I did not finish them. Some I‘ve not heard of before and others are on my to read list. 😂 14h

BarkingMadRead 27 for me (I counted two that I‘m currently reading) 14h

lil1inblue Uh oh. This era does not bode well for me... 😂 14h

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BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, 22 only! Jane Austen saved me on this one. So many I‘d not heard of but look interesting! Remembered how much I loved Woman in White. Thanks for the tag @dabbe 💛 14h

CSeydel Just 11. Not bad for a STEM major, though, right? … right?? 13h

CSeydel Probably another 11 on my TBR. But most of them I hadn‘t heard of 😔 13h

Amor4Libros I got 1…Moby Dick! 🤣🤣 13h

dabbe @Librarybelle 🎯🩵🎯 Most from the 1700s, I'm like 😳! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 13h

dabbe @BarkingMadRead Thank goodness for the #hashtagbrigade! We were able to count quite a few! (and I included MILL ON THE FLOSS since we will be finished soon). Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 13h

dabbe @lil1inblue 🎯🩵🎯! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 13h

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me #ditto! I adored WOMAN IN WHITE! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 13h

dabbe @CSeydel R.I.G.H.T.! 🤣😍🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 13h

dabbe @CSeydel 🎯🩵🎯! 13h

dabbe @Amor4Libros And I only read “Call me Ishmael“ and called it a day! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 13h

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards Got 22, which is not too bad for a Lit major focusing on contemporary texts! 13h

dabbe @SaunteringVaguelyDownwards I think you'll kick some serious ass as we move forward in years! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵📚🩵 13h

willaful Only 20 for me! Would be a bit higher if I had participated in *all* the #HashtagBrigade reads. ;-) Nothing I especially want to read but certainly might if the brigade does them. :-) 12h

peaKnit I know face slaps are not allowed but @dabbe…I got 4 😂 thank gosh for Jane Austen. 12h

shortsarahrose I got 12, which is honestly better than I expected (thanks mostly to actually liking 19th century American lit - Melville, Hawthorne, Poe). Sorrows of Young Werther should count twice cause I read it in German 😆 (surprised that with three Goethe texts on the list, Faust wasn‘t one of them! I guess maybe because it‘s technically a play?) 12h

Bklover 18- thanks to #hashtagbrigade and Jane Austen. There are quite a few I hadn‘t even heard of! 12h

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 🥰💛🏷 12h

Bookwormjillk Lucky 13. Grateful for#PemberLittens and #HashtagBrigade 🤣 12h

Bookwormjillk @BarkingMadRead I definitely counted Mill on the Floss. We‘re almost done! 12h

Read4life Thanks for the tag!! 💙📚💙 11h

tpixie @Daisey 10h

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh! It is too bad they couldn't find a few more 😂 thanks for the tag! 10h

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! I‘m going to get my book out before I do the survey as my memory was much better back then. 10h

Daisey @tpixie I went through and have read 39 (including currently reading Mill on the Floss). I‘ll have to watch for these the next few weeks. 9h

dabbe @willaful The #hashtagbrigade saved my sorry ass! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

dabbe @peaKnit I think the only one I read from the 1700s was GULLIVER'S TRAVELS. The others I was like 😳. 🤣 We'll get better as the list moves forward a few years!
Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

dabbe @shortsarahrose Yep, I think plays don't count, though they should. And you should count it twice! I read COUNT OF MONTE CHRISTO in French, and I counted it twice. I needed all the help I could get! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

dabbe @Bklover IKR? 1700s was like 😳!!! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😍 9h

dabbe @Bookwormjillk IKR? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

dabbe @Bookwormjillk I did, too! 🤣 9h

dabbe @Read4life YW! 😍 9h

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures 🤣😍🤣 9h

dabbe @Deblovestoread You have this book? How cool is that? I'm thinking of getting it! 😍 9h

dabbe @Daisey You beat my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵📚🩵 9h

AnnCrystal Thank You For The Tag 📚😉👍🏼💝. (edited) 9h

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 😍 9h

Lesliereadsalot Thanks for the tag but I can barely remember what I had for lunch let alone books from my far past! 🩷 9h

AnnCrystal Whispering again...👀...Zero!

I did watch many as movies, but it's been years.

1 - Carmilla. Long Time TBR book (I'm horrible, still need to read Dracula too).

Movies

2- North and South I saw one version of this many years ago and fell in love with the story

3- Orson Welles In Jane Eyre 💝💝💝.

📚💝. (edited) 8h

melissajayne 17/100 8h

rwmg 39 including 2 I DNF-ed (Clarissa and Tristam Shandy).
8h

Eggs 6 🙀🙄!!! 7h

julesG I might have read 13 books from that list. 6h

julesG @shortsarahrose I had similar thoughts about Goethe and was wondering why a few others were missing. Them being plays might be the reason. 6h

Amiable I don‘t even care about my score —the fact that I could check off “Clarissa” caused me to shout “YES!!” and pump my fist in celebration. 🎉 ☝🏼😀 4h

tpixie 12. It said the average was 18! 3h

TheLudicReader Hahahahaha. 8. 16m

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