Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Il conte di Montecristo by Alexandre Dumas

72 reviews

jackiepreston's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This book is SO LONG! I'm pretty sure I enjoyed the beginning of this book but I can't actually remember.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Confinement, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Child death, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

dananator13's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Murder, Miscarriage, Death, Slavery, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Slavery, Gaslighting, and Death

Minor: War and Trafficking

lief_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

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

grvhppr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

Could this be my favorite classic? I think it's certainly in the running. One could not contend that it's simply the best revenge story ever created. It's patient. It's creative. It's singular yet universal. Dumas created a set of characters so perfectly brought together by their deeds that we left amazed at the brain power of both the author and our protagonist. 

One problem I usually have with classics is the relevance to my own life; The Count of Monte Cristo is timeless as friendship, greed, hate, love, redemption, and suffering. And because of that fact, this tome will stand the test of time. Moreover, it's use of language is not difficult to the present times. Where some classics lose a modern reader in its endless spirals of archaic vernacular, Dumas achieves eloquence and utility equally. 

If you're on the fence with reading this book because of its length, I would implore you to push on with confidence that you're about to read one of the best books of your life. One that you might wish had a second half of another thousand pages to consume by the time you read the final words:

wait and hope

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

amandaquotidianbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Surprisingly nuanced female characters and a well described, intricate plot! However, I wanted to be in the mind of Dantes during his revenge journey and I was kept at a distance. I also thought the book was too long. I also didn’t like the surprise sexual assault in the story within a story chapter towards the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty and Child death

serenenemo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death, Slavery, Suicide attempt, and Drug use

reneebkreviews's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Infidelity, Death, Suicide attempt, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexism and Torture

coslyons's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.5

It was a good book and I can see why its a classic but its just too dang long. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

rchristine11's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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

Moderate: Racial slurs and Incest

Minor: Adult/minor relationship