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Its truly starting the revenge. I am so excited

I’m in love with this book. Its premise is simple, yet the story is so complex. I love Edmond Dantès, but the Count fascinates me. He’s cold, calculating, and almost heartless. The discussions on justice, death, and revenge are incredible, and the Count always feels one step ahead. Like any classic, there are definitely moments that make me go “WTF?” 😭

Once they get into Hell i got used to the language. Its not as bad as i assumed. I am enjoying this book.

Ok, I don’t mean this as the book is bad or anything, but it seems like a white writer writing about Chinese stories. I had to look up the author, and she is Chinese Canadian. This book has me really confused about what it wants to be. Why are there so many Western references, slang, and sayings? It is inspired by Chinese mythology, but it’s told through a Western lens.

I don’t like the use of language. I can’t tell if it’s supposed to be modern English or older English because it keeps jumping back and forth. It doesn’t make any sense.

I am in love with this book. I am so happy to be finally reading it. I started in January but i am reading it on and off.

This book also mentions Buzzfeed and claims they don’t have a true crime section, which feels like it took seconds of basic research to get wrong.

I loved the writing style, but that was honestly the only thing I enjoyed. Vera is only 60, yet she acts much older. I’m also tired of the whole “older generations did everything better”. And the logic just didn’t work for me — this woman with no real experience suddenly thinks she can solve a crime better than the police? I will most likely DNR book but i am too lazy to find other book