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The Count of Monte Cristo [Abridged]
by Alexandre Dumas
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Please forgive me for the comparison I feel compelled to make about my experience reading this book: I think this story would be EXCELLENT adapted as a Jojo's-Bizarre-Adventure-type anime.
If you're going to have a main character who Everyone is Jealous Of Because He's So Noble, and you're going to write a revenge story that includes your main character being described in the following ways: "Monte Cristo's eyes glowed fiercely"... man, it just works to make the entire experience extremely over-the-top. This book just owns how chaotic it is. The dialogue is melodramatic, the plot is melodramatic, and yet, because it's tonally consistent and takes time to build up all these melodramatic details, it's so easy to get swept away in this world where all this kind of revenge is possible.
This is a great example of a "timeless classic." Tons of fun even hundreds of years later.
If you're going to have a main character who Everyone is Jealous Of Because He's So Noble, and you're going to write a revenge story that includes your main character being described in the following ways: "Monte Cristo's eyes glowed fiercely"... man, it just works to make the entire experience extremely over-the-top. This book just owns how chaotic it is. The dialogue is melodramatic, the plot is melodramatic, and yet, because it's tonally consistent and takes time to build up all these melodramatic details, it's so easy to get swept away in this world where all this kind of revenge is possible.
This is a great example of a "timeless classic." Tons of fun even hundreds of years later.