If you're looking for the literary equivalent of the Daniel Day-Lewis epic then look elsewhere. The story is at times stiflingly boring and some events seem unlikely despite the era in which the book was written. However, staying-power won't have been mis-appropriated if you just stick with it. In fact towards the end it becomes heart-breakingly beautiful to the point of becoming a tear-jerker. Worth the wade through boring descriptions and confusing characters.

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.

First a confession: 'The Last of the Mohicans' had been on my bookshelf for four years and I'd never got past the third chapter. But with a five week break between jobs, I knew that if I didn't read it now, I never would. The first half of the book is slow, and Cooper's language is not easy on the modern eye. As other reviewers have pointed out, the plot does seem in places tenuous and the narrative over descriptive, but the book's strength is the brilliant characterisation. Despite the setting, as the story develops, the reader can identify strongly with the hopes and fears of the main characters. My fear on first opening this book that it would be irrelevant to my life proved wrong.<p>This book may be hard-going, but it's worth reading. You need to take some time over it and persevere with the first half, but when you finish the book you'll feel it was worth it.