Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

57 reviews

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

_james_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Ableism, Death, Eating disorder, Rape, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, War

marianneiriss's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Classism

heini's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Yli tuhatsivuinen teos, mutta erittäin nopealukuinen: lyhyet luvut ja mielenkiintoinen juoni tekivät tästä täydellisen kesälukemisen! 

Tarina kertoo Monte Criston kreivistä, joka kostaakseen kohtalonsa pitää itseään Jumalan lähettämänä sallimuksena juoniessaan vihollistensa tuhon. 
1800-luvun alkupuolen Ranska ja Italia seurapiireineen on viihdyttävää lukemista. 

Aikansa tuotos, niin hyvässä kuin pahassa. 

Ah, teatraalinen, goottilainen, suosikkini! Ihmisyyden pahuus - ja hyvän pilkahdukset. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Grief

Minor: Drug use, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Suicide attempt, Murder

hithaeglir's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, Murder

furtherupandin's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

novelyon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A wonderful, if slow at times, read. Great to see awful people get what's coming to them alongside a neat little reflection on what kinds of revenge people do and don't deserve.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Slavery, Suicide, Pregnancy

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Kidnapping