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4.32 AVERAGE
4.32 AVERAGE
Wow! What a book! I thought with such a long book it would be hard to keep track of what was going, what happened, who's who, etc. but the author does an excellent job reminding you of events without being repetitive. It was really awesome to see how everything played out. Definitely a must read!
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This book as sooo long! It took my 4 months to finish at 2,740 pages on my library ebook app. It starts off pretty slow but about halfway through, the story gets really intriguing. I would definitely recommend this book. I love the twists and turns and how everything comes full circle in the count’s plots to seek revenge. He is a very clever character.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Acho que poucas vezes na minha vida um livro me fez sentir tanta coisa como este. Sabe aqueles livros que você fica nervosa, ansiosa, querendo saber o final, mas ao mesmo tempo não querendo terminar o livro, pois não quer se despedir da história? Foi exatamente assim.
A quantidade de páginas assusta, é verdade. Mais verdade ainda é que o rótulo de clássico aliado ao número de páginas por vezes nos faz ter um medo completamente absurdo de certos livros, mas quando paramos para ler conseguimos entender que isso tudo era completamente errado, pois a leitura flui maravilhosamente, além, é claro, da história ser deliciosa.
Amei demais, demais mesmo. A trajetória de ler esse livro, tudo o que senti ao ler, meu deus, que experiência absurda de boa! Tenho algumas críticas, mas são mais coisas relacionadas às expectativas que eu criei e à minha visão de mundo que ao livro em si, como por exemplo isso do Conde se achar um enviado divino para aplicar justiça aqueles que o fizeram sofrer; outro exemplo foi o final, odiei, odiei, principalmente a "enrolação" da história do Maximilien e o desfecho da Haydée.
Mas nada disso conseguiu macular tudo o que senti lendo esse livro, as coisas maravilhosas que vivi, como é bom ser leitora, como é bom poder viver tudo isso apenas lendo, que felicidade! Leiam essa obra de arte!
A quantidade de páginas assusta, é verdade. Mais verdade ainda é que o rótulo de clássico aliado ao número de páginas por vezes nos faz ter um medo completamente absurdo de certos livros, mas quando paramos para ler conseguimos entender que isso tudo era completamente errado, pois a leitura flui maravilhosamente, além, é claro, da história ser deliciosa.
Amei demais, demais mesmo. A trajetória de ler esse livro, tudo o que senti ao ler, meu deus, que experiência absurda de boa! Tenho algumas críticas, mas são mais coisas relacionadas às expectativas que eu criei e à minha visão de mundo que ao livro em si, como por exemplo isso do Conde se achar um enviado divino para aplicar justiça aqueles que o fizeram sofrer; outro exemplo foi o final, odiei, odiei, principalmente a "enrolação" da história do Maximilien e o desfecho da Haydée.
Mas nada disso conseguiu macular tudo o que senti lendo esse livro, as coisas maravilhosas que vivi, como é bom ser leitora, como é bom poder viver tudo isso apenas lendo, que felicidade! Leiam essa obra de arte!
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wowie.
Well
*coughs*
That was sure worth a read.
I don't know... where do I even start? The Count of Monte Cristo—okay hold up, nope, that won't do at all. Let me start over... the ~~COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO~~ (much better) is an absolute masterpiece. I'm struck rather dumb, honestly.
The plot... pure brilliance. I haven't yet gotten over the fact that it's French?? but my favorite characters??? didn't die????
Let's just start out by saying that Edmond Dantès is one of the greatest mc names I've ever read (right up there with Kaz Brekker and Artemis Fowl). Aaaaand that is the only time I'm going to spell any of the characters' names with the correct accents because I'm way too excited to pause long enough to grace Goodreads with accent graves and accent acutes.
Edmond/the Count of Monte Cristo (fondly reffered to as Monte, by yours truly) is seriously the coolest character on the planet. He's so collected and steely and ruthless. And sassy and genius and mega-emotional. Not to mention the fact that he's literally such a meme. Such. a. meme.
Case in point: whenever anything—a n y t h i n g—is going down, Monte shows up five minutes later with tea, crumpets, and a concerned expression
(
)
but really he's just there to make sure everything continues going according to plan
(
).
Then he proceeds to ~swish on his edgy black cloak~ and make his ~elegant~ way to the opera, where he can ~angstily~ stew over his revenge plot, respond sassily to everyone who attepts to speak to him, and remain clueless to the fact that he's completely over Mercedes.
Monte is pretty much my favorite thing.
My other favorite things of this book are as follows:
-Albert running around, challenging everyone to duels because he's dramatic (and hOnOuR)
-the chapter title, "How To Rescue A Gardener From Dormice"
-Monte always being a step ahead
-the fact that justice is a thing
-Eugenie and Louise running away to Belgium together to be artists... I ship it
-Lucien Debray and flawlessly-timed sarcasm... I also ship it
-Beauchamp being called "scribbler"
-Monte being able to switch on and off this wide-eyed innocence when he's actually causing everything that's happening
-the bandit leader reading Caeser's Commentaries
-last minute rescues
-Beauchamp coming out of nowhere to become one of my favorite characters
-the fact that Monte is dope
-the fact that education is mostly what makes Monte so dope
-Louise calling Eugenie an Amazon
-Franz being rather a smol bean
-all the references to Cultured Stuff that I didn't understand, but appreciated anyway
-the reference to Dante's Inferno that I actually did understand
-upper-class French sarcasm
-Haydee being a queen
-HOW EVERYTHING CONNECTED
-the ending
-definitely some other stuff but this was a 1,243 page book, so give me a break
All in all, this book makes me want to learn twelve languages and move to a charming house overlooking the Champs-Élysées where I can have tea and say, "allow me to compliment you most sincerely."
Well
*coughs*
That was sure worth a read.
I don't know... where do I even start? The Count of Monte Cristo—okay hold up, nope, that won't do at all. Let me start over... the ~~COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO~~ (much better) is an absolute masterpiece. I'm struck rather dumb, honestly.
The plot... pure brilliance. I haven't yet gotten over the fact that it's French?? but my favorite characters??? didn't die????
Let's just start out by saying that Edmond Dantès is one of the greatest mc names I've ever read (right up there with Kaz Brekker and Artemis Fowl). Aaaaand that is the only time I'm going to spell any of the characters' names with the correct accents because I'm way too excited to pause long enough to grace Goodreads with accent graves and accent acutes.
Edmond/the Count of Monte Cristo (fondly reffered to as Monte, by yours truly) is seriously the coolest character on the planet. He's so collected and steely and ruthless. And sassy and genius and mega-emotional. Not to mention the fact that he's literally such a meme. Such. a. meme.
Case in point: whenever anything—a n y t h i n g—is going down, Monte shows up five minutes later with tea, crumpets, and a concerned expression
(
)but really he's just there to make sure everything continues going according to plan
(
).Then he proceeds to ~swish on his edgy black cloak~ and make his ~elegant~ way to the opera, where he can ~angstily~ stew over his revenge plot, respond sassily to everyone who attepts to speak to him, and remain clueless to the fact that he's completely over Mercedes.
Monte is pretty much my favorite thing.
My other favorite things of this book are as follows:
-Albert running around, challenging everyone to duels because he's dramatic (and hOnOuR)
-the chapter title, "How To Rescue A Gardener From Dormice"
-Monte always being a step ahead
-the fact that justice is a thing
-Eugenie and Louise running away to Belgium together to be artists... I ship it
-Lucien Debray and flawlessly-timed sarcasm... I also ship it
-Beauchamp being called "scribbler"
-Monte being able to switch on and off this wide-eyed innocence when he's actually causing everything that's happening
-the bandit leader reading Caeser's Commentaries
-last minute rescues
-Beauchamp coming out of nowhere to become one of my favorite characters
-the fact that Monte is dope
-the fact that education is mostly what makes Monte so dope
-Louise calling Eugenie an Amazon
-Franz being rather a smol bean
-all the references to Cultured Stuff that I didn't understand, but appreciated anyway
-the reference to Dante's Inferno that I actually did understand
-upper-class French sarcasm
-Haydee being a queen
-HOW EVERYTHING CONNECTED
-the ending
-definitely some other stuff but this was a 1,243 page book, so give me a break
All in all, this book makes me want to learn twelve languages and move to a charming house overlooking the Champs-Élysées where I can have tea and say, "allow me to compliment you most sincerely."
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes