Review by bearystarry - The Count of Monte Cristo

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bearystarry 's review for:

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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

I... really loved this to be honest. There are obviously some things that have not aged well since the 1860s, but as a sweeping adventure and mystery novel it really delivered for me. Even though there's a Lot covered in a lot of detail, arriving at the end, I feel incredibly satisfied with how much you experience with the characters.

Just some spoiler-y things I liked/didn't like/was surprised by etc:

weirdly surprised that Edmond only starts to feel remorse when Edward de Villefort is murdered
definitely surprised that there's a (imo) lesbian couple!
I was sad that Edmond and Mercedes don't end up back together tbh, but I was very glad that I correctly predicted that she would be the only one after all the years in prison to recognize him
didn't love that Edmond got together with Haydee who he said was like a daughter and was also his literal slave, woof
it took so long for Valentine to actually come back that I was worried she Wouldn't come back and they had just forgotten about her, but I'm glad she and Maximillian ended up happy as well
I really loved how slowly certain people/plot points were explained, even though I just made the last point lol. I like being able to guess and being kept in the dark a little bit.

Yeah I kind of want a physical copy of this now!

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