Don Quixote has been quite a journey and at times a struggle. I did enjoy the book loads more when it became less about Don Quixote and more about the other characters he encountered. I was totally enthralled with the complex love story between Cardeni, Lucinda, Ferdinand and Dorothea. It seems that there are so many stories within the story that Cervantes uses to show real wisdom and love. I think all these characters were used to offset Don Quixote's craziness and to actually display the love that Don Quixote is always raving about (and I'm also thankful for these characters because I was getting very tired of Don Quixote getting beaten in every chapter). I also enjoyed The Story of Ill Advised Curiosity because it also had the love triangle and it had the valuable lesson to not destroy what you already have by testing it. Basically I enjoyed everyone else's story more than Don Quixote's.
As for Don Quixote himself, I am a bit disappointed that he didn't have his moment of glory. I originally thought that was what the story was leading up to but he ended up back where he started. Since he did not have his moment I am curious if he achieves that in the second book.
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