Reviews

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

parrisrome's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

bleumingpages's review against another edition

5.0

I have no notes, just perfection all the way through. Glorious, glorious, glorious.

jeremiahardy's review against another edition

5.0

truly incredible. i was absorbed the whole time. two things:
1. loved the realization that this is the origin of breaking bad’s stroke patient character using a the bell to communicate because he has lost the ability to speak
2. surprise lesbians!

cucumbersandwatermelons's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

novatrigger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

sophsea2's review against another edition

5.0

What a book. I thought I’d get bored because it was so long but things just kept happening! Usually I don’t like this either but it all worked well.

I really liked that as the book went on you slowly start to realise his plan of revenge, you know he’s going to get revenge but you’re not sure how. It gets built up throughout the story and all becomes clear at the end. I really enjoy this style of writing as it keeps me wanting to read more.

I like the contrast of him being such a kind man to tearing down his enemies and having more money than sense and kind of swaying between the two. He’s doing things for the right reasons but maybe taking it too far?

I liked being able to follow other characters in the story as it definitely helped me be less bored of reading about the same thing for over 1000 words and it gave you a sense of the people that he likes to surround himself with and the people who he is seeking revenge with.

viimetinka's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

mythicpages's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious slow-paced

4.5

fablelovebookss's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Wow, just, wow! I know why this is one of the most iconic books on history. It's an whole adventure and the impuls I needed to read more of Alexandre Dumas

sophia_a_a's review against another edition

3.0

this book wassssss not bad?? i liked it but it was really hard to get through in a lot of spots. i LOVED when he was in the prison with abbe faria (my favorite character) but everything after that waassss idk how to put it into words. ireally liked how some characters were written, especially valentine!! but i feel like this book had a lot of unnecessary scenes and being honest here at one point i got so tired of reading it i just read chapter summaries online instead. got recommended this by my school counselor because i said i liked classics so thats really the only reason i picked up this book. OVERALL i think the characters were written really well but it was just hard to get through.