The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas 

Review of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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        Wow such mixed reviews, I thought it was great. Althought at one point I had to write out a map of all the characters and how they related and what their names were to begin with. But it was worth the effort. The story may not have gone where I wanted it to and Edmond was not the sort of "man" I would have liked the most, but I loved it all the same. Great read. 4 out of 5 for me.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was reviewed by Shannon

        I'm not sure how people can say they liked this book.  By the time he had escaped from prison, I had the sad realization that I was not even one fourth of the way through it.  Boring, boring, boring.  It just went on and on, with unplausible scenario after unplausible scenario.

       And the ending...quite a disappointment.  It was not exactly what I was hoping for.  Far too much unbelievable melodrama, and far too many characters going on and on with far too indepth story lines that made me want to skip ahead and find out where on earth it was all leading.  The answer was nowhere.

       A big, fat zero on this stinker.  Watch the movie if you like this sort of thing.  But if you simply want 18th century literature, stick with Dickens or Austen!

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was reviewed by Distinguished Jiggleman

        If you like things that are awesome, you might like this book.  However, beware, once you're done, you will have to live with the realization that you will live the rest of you life never being able to read a better book!

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was reviewed by Satt

        Simply the greatest novel ever. always known for its revenge plot yet somehow the way in which the count goes about this infact makes the plot become a minor part of the books greatness. far more impressive is the large number of charaters that aren't just used to make a plot or make a book feel as though there are alot of people, all of whom have motives of their own personilties which interact with one another on such a scale and with ue subtilty that it comes across as genuine rather than just 'lobbing' people together for the sake of plot. the book also pushes some of the taboos of even the romantic era of which it was written which along with its readibliy truely makes this book worthy of this list.

       N.B. for people reading this review please do not think that this is a story of just revenge as it has be 'bastardised' by the film versions with their indivual simple narrative. It is far more complex and you should let yourself be engulffed fulled by each page. If you allow for this to happen then like presivous persons have noted before me you will be sad that the book does not continue for an eternity and that there is little to no aspect of life of which this book does not touch, be it love, greed, fear, betrayal, death and (the overly mentioned) revenge, but understandily so as the revenge deliverd by the Count is that of sheer genius.

       for other people whom have read this book i am still shocked by learning after the first time that i read this book that Dumas actually wrote based on a wage per line which although may bring into question the depth of which he writes in does show how great he actually was to keep all the aspects of the plot, subplots and characters in place with such grace as like a great conductor effortlessly guiding his orcastra on a whim. Yet as i must mention again unfortunately for us fans Dumas wasn't the greatest capatialist of his day or im sure the novel would have been written (and continually read) until his death which could have seen at least another 10,000 pages or so the the greatest epic novel ever written.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was reviewed by Satt

        This is my favourite book off all time!! I was genuinely sad when I stopped reading it. A novel that has it all, an absolute must read!

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was reviewed by RMac

        I remember reading up to page 800 and becoming depressed at the realization of having only 600 pages to go. The Count of Monte Cristo is a novel of staggering brilliance. Dumas's story telling peaks in the narration of an ordinary man perplexed by revenge.If your looking for an entertaining read, you've hit gold.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was reviewed by Kevin

       This novel has the unique distinction in my experience of being the only book I actually tore up and threw away four pages before the end.  It started out so magnificently and was wonderfully well written until around halfway through when the author seemed to gradually lose the plot. This happened contemporaneously with the lead character experimenting with hashish, so my view is that there is some element of unconscious autobiography present and the author's adoption of this drug resulted in the trashing of what could and should have been an absolute triumph in european literature. A terrible shame indeed.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was reviewed by Paul B. 

       The Count of Monte Cristo is said to be the greatest tale of revenge ever told.  This novel has it all.  It has love, sex, drugs, revenge, action, and mystery.  The count is one of the greatest heroes in literature to date.  The patience he shows in exacting his revenge is admiral to say the least.  The Count of Monte Cristo is a master of disguise, a distinguished gentleman, an accomplished scholar, and the hand of god all rolled into one.

       The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is the story of a young sailor who has been cheated of the life he was supposed to have.  Our sailor’s name is Edmond Dantes.  On the night of young Dantes’ wedding his supposed friends, motivated by jealousy, betray him and get him unjustly imprisoned in a French prison for several years.  Edmond manages to escape after many years have past and that’s when the real story begins.  Dantes transforms himself into the count of Monte Cristo and spends decades planning and exacting his horrible revenge.

       This book is extremely long (1400+ pages) but not difficult to get through at all.  I actually wished it was longer the first time I read it.  I could have read ten thousand pages of this classic novel.

       It should also be noted that none of the movie adaptations that have been made of this book do any justice to it.  In order for anyone to make a movie that would compare with the actual book the running time would have to be about 9 hours.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was reviewed by Anonymous 

         This novel, in my opinion, is a must read !  It contains everything that one looks for................love, revenge, adventure, hatred, committment and last but not the least an interesting and orignal story.  This is one novel that I have read more than three times and have enjoyed it more than the previous occasion.  The movie, I would say does not do any justice to the orignal novel.  I just read " Prisioners of Birth " by Jeffery Archer and that reminded me of "The Count of Monte Cristo " as well.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas was reviewed by Anonymous 

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