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A review by jellyeatsfishy
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
5.0
Wow. What a beast of a book, and a beast of a story to match. This was frustrating, at times, since I'm a pretty impatient person! But I suppose Dumas was just giving us a taste of the type of patience Edmund Dantes must've had to possess...
I loved the way Dumas skillfully wove together his characters' lives, and especially the way he pushed us to see each character with anger and resentment in one instance, but with sympathy at some point later in the book.
Also. So many wonderful quotes, including one of my favorites:
“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must of felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life."
I "read" this via the Librovox audiobook, which was not so bad a version, generally speaking.
I loved the way Dumas skillfully wove together his characters' lives, and especially the way he pushed us to see each character with anger and resentment in one instance, but with sympathy at some point later in the book.
Also. So many wonderful quotes, including one of my favorites:
“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must of felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life."
I "read" this via the Librovox audiobook, which was not so bad a version, generally speaking.