Joseph Lee’s Reviews > The Count of Monte Cristo > Status Update

Oh my god. One down, two to go. Absolute insanity in written form. I was not expecting that scene and that form of revenge holy moly. Dumas is a fucking genius wtf

This book is fucking incredible omg, all of Dantes' plans are coming to fruition. Absolute cinema

Never ending drama, I love it

Fire.

Also that dialogue between Valentine and Maximillien might be the most beautiful that I have read so far. Im not a big fan of romance novels, but romance that is done as perfectly as this is ofc an exception.

All these characters link to one another in such a way that I can't help but think of Shakespeare. Even through his transition into becoming a novel writer you find traces everywhere of his ties to play writing, but they only help to bring his stories together. Banger so far, around halfway done, but super hyped to see how this all ends.

Interesting side story happening, which is not in Dantes' POV which strange but not bad. Im interested to see where this story will end up

ABSOLUTE CINEMA. Abbe Faria the goat. RIP. man this book is so fucking good. The pacing is actually perfect.

The pacing is literally perfect wtf, this translator did a good fkin job. Instead of the usual movie, this is shown as a play in the mind, with the occasional comment from a distant, but not seen, narrator.

Only 16 pages in and I can feel the beginnings of an exciting adventure ahead. The translator was correct in saying that this was like a children's novel, not in a bad way ofc. The lack of subtlety, in exchange for a more traditional melodramatic style, like a play is very refreshing and very different from modern story telling techniques. Very excited to see where this goes.