The Last of the Mohicans

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Summary: never read but have too... sounds boring
Review: i have never read this book but i have to and i must admit that after reading what others' people opinions were of it i don't want to read it. thank you!

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Summary: A very good read!
Review: This book greatly renewed my interest in colonial history. Within two days of reading it I got into my car and drove to the Fort William Henry historical site (which is now bordered by an amusement park and hotel, but that is another story). Standing there at the Fort, it was a wonderful feeling trying to picture some of the scenes from the book. Or, of Fenimore Cooper being there in the early 1820's, looking for inspiration for the text. Forget the movie, it doesn't do the story justice!

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Summary: Another review
Review: For those who didn't like the novel, you should look for a very old and humorous review of Cooper's work by none other than Mark Twain. I found it surprisingly in the preface pages of another paperback I own by the author.

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Summary: great!!!
Review: After reading all the one star rewievs I decided to state my opinion on this brilliant novel. I saw the movie and I saw it again and again and again... Then I decided to read the novel. The only thing that I was dissapointed in was the brief characterization. The novel is great, I read it twice, but it does fall short on characters. I would have loved to see/read more about Uncas and his father.

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Summary: Its boring and confusing, don't read it
Review: This is one of the worst books I ever read (excluding The Call of the Wild and The Bridge of San Luis Rey) but I have to read it for summer reading since I'm going into honors english next year. I think it is boring. I once heard from someone that if your mind starts to wander after the first few pages, you should stop reading it. Trust me, your mind will start to wander after the first sentence .ALthough, I must admit there were a few intresting parts that did keep my attention-but not for very long. B.O.R.I.N.G

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Summary: NO, IM NOT A MOVIE ADDICT
Review: Excuse me, but I have read Melville and Dickens(I adore Dickens)and I would please like to ask one reviewer(and if they're reading this they know who they are) what is so intellectual about The Last of the Mohicans? Did you see the word classic on the cover and decide that this must be intellectual and thought provoking? Come on! Its your standard no brainer adventure story! Im sure that if it was a modern book you wouldn't be so enthusiastic! I've saw modern melodramatic crap like this on the best sellers rack at Krogers. Tell me you read it for the senseless violence, or for the one dimensional characters, but please dont say you read it for intellectual reasons.

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Summary: If you can possibly help it, don't read this book!
Review: I was assigned this book for summer reading this year since I am about to enter the Gifted English program. I was very excited to read it at first, because i loved watching those old cowboy movies as a little kid. After about the first 100 pages I realized the challenge that faced me, getting through the long gaps between the good parts. I do hope some day to even finish the darn thing (it's nearly 400 pages long, I'm on page 102). I did give it two stars because the action scenes are so well written. If your thinking about reading this for fun don't bother, the movie is much better, or so I hear.

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Summary: Interesting, could've been better.
Review: When I first started reading this book, I thought it was a very boring book. Then, I figured if I was going to be reading this book for at least another two weeks or so, I should go ahead and pay attention to the book. I like it when they start fighting to get Cora back from Magua. It gets pretty grotesque and detailed once they start fighting. I also think this book gives you a good idea of the French and Indian War. But, I don't really like the plot to it. I think it has a little too much detail to get to the main part of some chapters. This book did not have a lot of dialogue, but it still had a little too much unnecessary detail in some parts if the book. If I read a book, I like reading biographies and mystery type books.

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Summary: Glimpse of REAL adventure, itellectual;not for movie addicts
Review: This is a masterpiece that not only narrates action but explores minds and motives. If you have never read and enjoyed Dickens and Melville; don't bother with this one; it requires a reader with a brain. I was shocked by the first reviews here, and thought: "Are these readers so egotistical as to think that people prior to the baby boom and going back 200 years didn't really talk like that, reason fluently in a crisis, or have deep thoughts about the meaning of life?" People facing death do actually THINK (a lot) during the calm moments. This book is not always politically correct, but it is honest to a fault. It is not designed to be a romance novel; rather a novel in which romance (not sex) occurs. I HATED the movie because it tried to do a lot of anti-war, anti-imperialist moralizing.(Hollywood has no sense of history.) Did you ever read a story and think:"This story is not believable. Like--when did these characters ever go to the toilet?" This story is not like that. Yes it does slow down sometimes but so does life!

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Summary: Third grader characterization
Review: This was the most awful book that I have ever read. The characterization in the book is lousy. I saw the movie and thought it was great. So, after seeing the movie, i decided to pick up the book. The movie has very little to do with the book. You never get a chance to really"feel" the characters. Hawkeye, a main character in the movie, is seen in the book as only a small part. There is no vivd description to translate the action taking place. This book was awful, and I urge anyone thinking of reading it to avoid it.