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Another villain sits face to face with the Count being showered with condescending praise while painfully unaware of the fierce vengeance that comes.

Dumas writes as if he's in theater. He describes the moments in which the Count meets the people of his past with great attention to the detail that matters: "... said Monte Cristo with one of those smiles that a painter could never represent or a physiologist analyze." This passage is while Monte Cristo sits across from one of his enemies who, in turn, has no idea of the invader in front of him.

I can't believe how much I'm enjoying this story. I'm using Google Maps to look at the areas Dumas is describing and using Project Gutenberg's public domain illustrations to enhance the story; I'm completely taken in with this book.
As long as it sticks the ending, which I'm assured by 200 years of critics saying so, I can see this becoming one of my favorites of all time.

I **actually** had a few tears come to my eyes.

Count of Monte Cristo, ch. 14: The Raving Prisoner and The Mad One

'Of course,' the inspector remarked, with the naivety of the corrupt, 'if he had really been rich, he would not be in prison.'

Y'all, we really haven't changed a whole lot, huh?

This story is better than I thought it would be. Too bad I'm flying through it

More world building but a slower paced story this time around, which isn't a bad thing. This book seems to be setting goals and conflicts that will go on beyond this installment.

Loving it, but it's written in an academic form. Kinda reads like a research paper a bit. The problem is that I'm listening to it on audiobook, so I miss facts when I'm driving or occupied with something. I think the editing could have made it a little easier to absorb but whatever. I'm still learning a lot and enjoying it

I'm enjoying this entry a lot more than book 1. I think I've gotten accustomed to Brando Sando's style by now, though I still have an issue with the interludes