Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

46 reviews

soph22's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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No words, just… I love it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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In a book that is so dark for the majority of its (very numerous) pages, I found the ending to be incredibly hopeful and joyous. Although the romantic in me hoped

that Dantes and Mercedes would end up together

. Surprisingly, I found very little of this book to be superfluous; indeed, it was very satisfying to watch the Count weave his complicated web of revenge. I found myself rooting for unlikely heroes, and marveling at the tangled mess where these characters lives had intertwined. I was also utterly surprised and delighted to see two queer characters who find a happy end in this book! Altogether worth the read, even though it was a long time coming for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, War

chocolatethief's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious slow-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Slavery, Classism

doodeedoda's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Slavery, Alcohol

jamesbutler0's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The ending was not what I expected but I liked it. My main issue with the length was

Vampa’s backstory (don’t think this a spoiler but alas)

, the rest was fair length. I’d say it’s a page-turner for  the majority of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Grief, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Death, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Stalking

vampireph4ze's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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a wonderful and also immensely difficult book to read. the story-telling by Dumas is brilliant, and i couldn't help but become absolutely sucked in when the story really got going. i do not really know what compelled me to actually finish this book (i started it around 2-3 years ago), but even throughout the many breaks i took i still wanted to come back to it - and it was worth it. most of the book is build-up, and then you see people's true characters really pop out towards the end. this book needs patience and yet a lust for adventure (and included a LOT of philosophical topics when you really look for them: is revenge good? what are our motives for treating others? what causes the human brain to break? etc.). plus, if you have a general love for the extravagant and period-typical style of writing, this is right up your alley. 

the story of revenge is always a perfect plot, and the twists and turns will have you trying your hardest not to look ahead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Abandonment

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, Grief, Murder, Abandonment

lief_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

bl4th's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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My absolute favourite book of all time. Dumas is a master at writing slowly-unraveling plots, and I am in a perpetual state of rereading it despite its length.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Slavery, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Racism, Slavery, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation

renechristine's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The really enjoyable part of the book was seeing how character built their own tombs and designed their own ruins. The less enjoyable part was the long winded narrative, slow pace, and glorification of suicide. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Incest, Racial slurs

Minor: Adult/minor relationship