I agree with you. I really adore the book - but only the first half, up until where they start preparing for the seige and then it's all Milady and I find both her seduction of John Felton and her capture and execution deeply disturbing.
In fact, the best part of the book BY FAR is Chapters 2-8 where it's the 4 of them meeting and having the most epic bromance ever larking around town and not being too serious and honestly the whole book should have been that.
Milday distresses me because I love Athos (I do, I do) but there is nothing ok with what he did to Milady and it distresses me that I love Athos so much when he's a judgmental classist attempted-murderer. There is so much scope for a Milady PoV novel but somehow Dumas' writing was strong enough (or I got stuck into the book early enough) that my feelings for the two of the are cemented, against all fairness.
And the start of 20 Years Later distresses me (although it picks up to be a fun book - it's just not the same as T3M) and the end of 10 Years After makes me so goddamn infuriated that I pretend the book doesn't exist.
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In fact, the best part of the book BY FAR is Chapters 2-8 where it's the 4 of them meeting and having the most epic bromance ever larking around town and not being too serious and honestly the whole book should have been that.
Milday distresses me because I love Athos (I do, I do) but there is nothing ok with what he did to Milady and it distresses me that I love Athos so much when he's a judgmental classist attempted-murderer. There is so much scope for a Milady PoV novel but somehow Dumas' writing was strong enough (or I got stuck into the book early enough) that my feelings for the two of the are cemented, against all fairness.
And the start of 20 Years Later distresses me (although it picks up to be a fun book - it's just not the same as T3M) and the end of 10 Years After makes me so goddamn infuriated that I pretend the book doesn't exist.