It has finally come... the end of the book! i was able to finally read the rest of the book during my half day of school today. it was quite a surprise and a let down as well. it seems that the showdown i predicted did not happen but the whole chase scene at the island was very satisfying. so Porthos is dead and now D'Artganan is resigning from the musketeers he starts to argue with the king and is protesting to spare the lives of his friends. so then we shift gears and go to a scene with Athos at his estate. then a messenger goes to his house. the message he is carrying is that his son Roaul has died in Africa as predicted. i guess he has had enough and is so broken hearted that he dies. then we shift back to D'Artganan and he is reenlisted by the king and the book ends...??? what? what is that? is it really gonna end like that well im not done, there is still the epiloque. im gonna say this once WARNING! SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER! THE NEXT SECTION INCLUDES THE ULTIMATE ENDING OF THE BOOK SO IF YOU DONT WANT ME TO SPOIL THE BOOK FOR YOU STOP READING NOW!. skip to the overview.

SPOILER!
Ok so i start to read the epilogue and then the title reads the death of D'Artagnan... im like OMG holy crap everyone dies. it opens up where it tells of the rest of D'Artganan life. it covers over his victorious seiges and campaigns. then he is at a siege cannons blowing everywhere everything is blowing up and Chaos everywhere. so D'Artganan gets a message from the king staing that he has been promoted to Marshall. then all of a sudden BOOM a cannon ball bust through the wall and hits D'Artganan straight in the chest. he is all shocked at first and thinks hes all right but then there is blood everywhere and all the officers are screaming and he dies... now only one musketeer remains.

OVERVIEW:
so over all this book was totally a worthy read. lots of action and suspense. only problem is that of the mindless and useless content. in the end none of it mixed up to the end or revealing any truths. some questions i still have is What Happened to Aramis??? i guess he escaped the island and stuff and he is the last of the original musketeer. last but not least the most important and confusing question is What of the Man in the iron mask? was he a crucial character? what was his role?? i honestly think he was simple a means to and end. in the afterword it explains that he was just a means to an end. and supposedly the title of the book was originally suppose to be The Last of the Musketeers so that would make more sense to name the book that instead of the man in the iron mask. so in the end it was a good read as well as a tiresome one and i wish the ending would of been different. ugh what to do now... TIME TO PLAY GAMES!

my final picture :(