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O conde de Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, José Angeli

94 reviews

reneebkreviews's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25


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coslyons's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

3.5

It was a good book and I can see why its a classic but its just too dang long. 

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elizavincentius's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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rchristine11's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The really enjoyable part of the book was seeing how character built their own tombs and designed their own ruins. The less enjoyable part was the long winded narrative, slow pace, and glorification of suicide. 

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cynicalraven's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Not a review, sorry. Just thoughts for myself. Please skip this. 


Eugénie real mvp here. Truly an icon. She lived up to Albert calling her Diana,
considering she ran off with a woman after saying that all men are terrible. I mean she was not wrong considering there is not a single decent man in the whole book
Also, the only woman with a minimum of agency. 
apart from Villefort's second wife who killed everyone in her family lol
Poor girl said "fuck this shit I'm out"
and ran off with her gf
 
In the time the book was written I'm sure her character was not seen as positive but I don't care. All the other women are... something. Why am I analysing the women of this book? Because the men are all terrible and that's literally the point of the book lol. Mercedes has no personality whatsoever because she's supposed to be the faithful righteous selfless woman who's only interest is her son. Valentine's is more or less the same. Her relationship with her grandpa was cute. The way everyone treats the man is not. But what can I expect from a classical book? Not to be racist, misogynistic and ableist? 

I would have liked the book more if the Count
did not end up with a girl who is not even 20 and less than half his age, whom he used to call "my child" and referred to as his daughter because that's literally disgusting. Also he's literally a slave owner. "But you have to understand when this book was written!!" Yeah, in a time when slavery was illegal in France. Still a slave owner. 
 

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nachtvlucht's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75


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s0nagiii's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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_james_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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michaelahoover's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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xingev's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It's long, BUT IT'S SOOOO WORTH IT!

I didn't think I would love this book, but here we are. This is a masterpiece. It's one big and rich adventure story with a set of fantastic characters. Some stories are heartwarming, others are sad, but there's a great balance of the two. This may be more than 1200 pages, but it didn't bore me for a second. It's a complex story filled with smaller stories and adventures, but every single page is wonderful. I won't stop talking about this book for a long time. It's just too good.

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