Author: Alexandre Dumas
Page Count: 1312
Date Finished: 17/7/22
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Synopsis
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to use the treasure to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s.
Review
The Count Of Monte Cristo was the first book I picked up in many years in order to make a return to my love of reading and wow did it not disappoint. In a story you are always looking for great characters, a story that makes you want to read more and more with each passing page, and you want to feel emotion. Well this book gave me everything. I was shouting at the pages in anger, laughing, crying, every emotion you can think of.
I was surprised that it wasn’t really just the one story but actually many stories that bring together one overall tale. Each character has a story that we learn as things move along and a lot of the characters are associated with each other in some way.
People talk about big books being scary and at one point I agreed with that feeling however if you want to give one a try then I would certainly recommend this one as a starting point. If however you love big books and haven’t read this one yet I can only shout ‘why not, are you mad’ and suggest you click the image link above and order your copy today.
5 stars just isn’t enough.
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