The evil are punished, the good rewarded, and the irrelevant largely ignored - no exceptions. Chance seems to smile endlessly upon him. Every scene and scheme goes the way he intends it to (with a single minor exception). Every cog in the great machine of Edmond’s revenge turns flawlessly. To be fair - and this is a complaint I’ve seen in some reviews - it’s not entirely realistic. I can’t even put into words how much fun it is to grab this book by the horns and let it take you on its crazy, unpredictable ride. When I mentioned in my March wrap-up that I’d started The Count of Monte Cristo, Care commented: “I adored ADORED it! Such a romp.” And I cannot think of a better way to describe this book. The rest of the book - of which there is a LOT - follows Edmond’s conviction, incarceration, escape, and (most of all) revenge. But there is one man who loves his betrothed and another who envies his place on the ship - and together, they set in motion a plan to remove the obstacle that is Edmond Dantés from their paths. Surrounded by the golden glow of happiness, he cannot imagine he has any enemies who would wish him harm. But really, I think the intricacies of the plot and the particulars of how each piece is accomplished are what make the novel what it is, far more than the overall arc of the story.Įdmond Dantés, having just returned from a successful sea voyage, is on the verge of marrying the love of his life and being made captain of his own ship. I honestly don’t know how to sum up this book without giving something away, so if you know nothing about it, plan to read it, and really hate spoilers of all kinds, maybe just skip this review. ![]() Good news: It was worth the wait! It’s also the second book I’ve finished from my Classics Club list. The thing is 47 hours long, though, and it seems I wasn’t the only one interested in the digital version, so I had to wait through a few rounds of holds to get through the whole book. (Turns out it was one of those sneaky abridged versions that doesn’t state anywhere obvious that half the book has been cut out, but that is beside the point.) As I clearly haven’t made any progress with the written version, I got excited when I discovered my library had the digital audiobook of Dumas’s classic tale - read by John Lee, whom I knew to be good. I bought myself a copy of The Count of Monte Cristo many years ago.
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