Reviews - The Count of Monte Cristo

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The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

4.32 AVERAGE

maalinmariaa's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

slh34's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

subdue_provide75's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Epic. Better than The Three Musketeers for sure. The 2002 movie does not do it justice.

f_v's review against another edition

4.0

Beautiful, sad, long, at first a bit complicated when all the characters are introduced, but it has everything: love, loss, betrayal, lots and lots of revenge. Also poisonings, a lesbian couple, iligitimate kids, beautiful houses, a stingy banker, traveling in carriages and on horses.

Downsides; at times sexist. This is probably a consequence of the time it was written in, but still.

Glad I read this to finally know what it's about. The length was less of a downside than expected, because I felt it was quite readable.