It's an entertaining read, certainly, but I have to say that it is too melodramatic to truly be called 'good'.
Mf.
Yes and no. I stand by the term "delicious". It does not have the characters of the musketeer-books. But after the cumbersome beginning, which I always hate, it feels very satisfying. Apart from the very end (I am always surprised he does not go with Mercedes). Melodramatic, yes. Sometimes too much. But in the main, if it is melodrama it is good melodrama. But I find I always forget that when I look back on it after having read it.
All I remember are things like Vampa reading heavy stuff, the vulgarity of Danglars, Danglars' lesbian daughter, Faria, and the texture of Monte-Cristo himself.
And you must admit. It is quite satisfying to feel confident that the bad will come to worse and the good to better sometimes.
*MySmiley*
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Goddamnit the Count of Monte Cristo is LONG!
07/01/2010 06:13:30 AM
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Ah, if only we had those troubles
07/01/2010 08:11:23 AM
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... but delicious *NM*
07/01/2010 10:23:56 AM
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meh.
07/01/2010 05:30:30 PM
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*spoilers*
07/01/2010 10:23:45 PM
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I'm coming to the conclusion it's just fluff masquerading as literature.
08/01/2010 05:29:23 AM
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Reading it in French?
07/01/2010 11:58:28 AM
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I think the only thing I've read in its entirety in French was L'Histoire d'O.
08/01/2010 04:08:01 PM
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Use Bookmarks?
07/01/2010 02:18:51 PM
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I find this theory of yours intriguing.
07/01/2010 08:08:00 PM
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Unless there are Book Gnomes where you live...
07/01/2010 08:46:46 PM
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But how would I know if it was the same story? Someone might have changed it while I wasn't reading!
08/01/2010 10:02:04 AM
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