A review by rainbowbacon
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

5.0

It was very engaging. My first French book in translation, and I had to look up a bunch of stuff to understand what was happening politically at the times referred to. I've seen several adaptations of this novel over the years, so it was rewarding to read the original. This audiobook was done quite well. I wondered at times about some moments of translation though. The end was a little blah. Kind of terrible for the characters really. One cool thing was the discussion of the queer ladies (Danglars's daughter and her "friend"). Was pleasantly surprised to see them talked about so openly. A far cry from most British lit I think.