Holy shit! This book is insane. I’m half way through it, and I can’t even express how I feel about this book. Masterpiece? Doesn’t give it justice. I’ve never done this in my life over a book (and I’ve read well over 500 books for the last 30 years), I got emotional during some parts of this book. I have ADHD and it’s very hard for me to focus when reading, unless it’s an extremely good book like this I guess. This probably sounds silly to some. The reason why I’m only just finding out about this book is because I’m new to the West. An immigrant if you will, and never heard of this book until a couple of weeks ago. If you haven’t read this book; I highly recommend it. Alexandre Dumas is a genius.

  • @WormFood
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    102 months ago

    I love this book! it’s long but dense, it’s trashy but it’s also high art, it’s tragic but it’s also inspirational. I’m glad Dumas was paid by the word, because it means he wrote as much. You should check out the musketeers books if you haven’t already, I think Count is a stronger book but they’re all written in the same engrossing style.

      • @Kvoth
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        42 months ago

        Having read both, I recommend the three musketeers, but don’t expect it to be quite as good as the count of Monte Christo

        • @[email protected]OP
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          22 months ago

          I already have it on my Kobo, it might be next, you never know. I try to read fiction then nonfiction then fiction and so on. I might make an exception this time.

          • @Kvoth
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            22 months ago

            Just the first book or the series? All “3” are fairly long between them

              • @Kvoth
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                12 months ago

                Book three is so massive it’s usually split up into between 3-5 volumes, in total it has 268 chapters

                  • @Kvoth
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                    21 month ago

                    Technically three, in reality it’s generally sold as between 5-7