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Alexandre Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback, 2003, Penguin Classics) 4 stars

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written …

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4 stars

I find it quite difficult to describe how finishing this book has made me feel. I seem to have been reading it for years, I'm pretty sure I have aged a few years from the experience.

The first part of the book was fantastic and i was racing through it until Sinbad the Sailor makes an appearance and it is like hitting a wall.

This tale of revenge has gotta be the most drawn out and complex ever planned. At times whilst reading this I kept thinking why is he doing this but in the end all the loose ends are tied up and all makes sense.

My one big issue is that throughout the revenge you don't get to know what is going on inside Edmund's head. I know I know that would require more words.