Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas

18 reviews

peach_almond's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Infidelity

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, Slavery, Terminal illness, Classism, Confinement, Violence, Injury/injury detail, and Suicide

soph22's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

No words, just… I love it!

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Content Warnings

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

lizziaha's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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

Spoiler

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

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

chocolatethief's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Classism, Infidelity, and Slavery

doodeedoda's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Racial slurs, Alcohol, Slavery, and Infidelity

james2021's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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

Spoiler

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: Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Abandonment, and Confinement

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

Minor: Stalking and Drug use

vampireph4ze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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

Moderate: Abandonment and Infidelity

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Abandonment, Infidelity, Murder, and Violence

mhairicorinne'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