The Count of Monte Cristo

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIMES
Review: Last December, our English class teacher told us to buy this book(abridged version)' cuase we are gonna need it for our class reading. At first i thought it was boring cause of the title "The Count of Monte Cristo" but after 3 pages, i couldnt put the book down and during my 4th, 5th and 6th period, all I was doing was reading this book. This book is truely amazing. Even though i only read the abridged version, I still give this book 5 stars(100 stars if they allow it). Im going to buy the unabridged version of the book...

THIS BOOK IS THE BEST!

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Summary: Wow!
Review: This is the only historical fiction-type novel I've ever read and loved. I was very involved in the story, and frequently yelled out comments such as, "How could she do that?" and "I know he did not just such-and-such!", much to the surprise of my family, who had to live through those times. I called my cousin, who suggested the book to me, every night, and we had detailed discussions of what was happening. I was highly disappointed when I discovered that it was not on my school reading list for this year. If you like dull, informative books with few characters and no suspense or mystery, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK! However, if you are normal, you should definitely read it.

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Summary: The Deepest of Human Experiences
Review: The Count of Monte Cristo is a hurting, vengeful, magnificently wealthy man who is bent on paying back the people from his past who took away all of life's gifts in one action - love, family, peace, and hope when he was a nineteen year old child still full of vision, love to give, tenderness, and dreams. Throughout this story I am constantly amazed at the insight into human emotion, pain, intricacy and joy that Alexander Dumas had. The story fills your head with another time and place- it takes you there. You hurt for the Count, begin to understand his thinking and are with him as he incredibly takes revenge on the men of his past and their families by becoming one of them, and later begins to see that vengence is, in fact, not his alone. As he begins to desire peace once again, he begins to feel again...and to weep for the love lost. This book is more than amazing - it is an experience that has put into me considerations and dreams that move me still - long after I have finished looking at its pages. The invitation? ...Come and ache and love and hate and hurt and grow and LIVE! Go to another time, another place that will effect and move you, and perhaps change you, here and now. It's worth your time.

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Summary: Best Book Ever!
Review: I must say, after seeing that the length reached nearly 1500 pages, I was a little concerned about the content, however, I found this book to be the best book I have read. I recommend it, unabridged, to everyone and anyone. The story draws up to a great climax, and doesn't bore you at all. At certain points in the book the number of characters made me loose track of some people, but they appeared later and were quite obviously presented to me. The plot is great, story is great, everything about it is great. Read it!

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Summary: Five stars aren't nearly enough
Review: This masterpiece is a story of triumph, love, jealousy, wisdom, mystery, revenge, suspence, travel, secrets, longing, all the things that make up life. What an amazing book! It has been my all time favirote for years, I recomend it to anyone! You won't regret it!

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Summary: One of my two favorites
Review: I first read the Bantam abridged Monte Cristo when I was 13 years old. Then, the next year, I saw the unabridged version and immediately bought a copy. Monte Cristo is an absolutely wonderful and wonderfully written masterpiece that tells the story of a young man that could be any of several people that you and I know. It is a story of injustice, despair, remorse, cruelty, misfortune, and evil. However, at the same time, the book manages to show that in the seemingly rotten world we live in there is hope, charity, love, honor, and purity as well. Edmond is one of the greatest dynamic characters of all time, innocently sent to face punishment that he in no way deserves. While enduring this unjust punishment, he meets a man and they become friends. Edmond learns from this man that everyone acts according to their own standards, and that everyone will eventually receive reward for the actions or crimes that they have committed, whether that reward be payment for honest living or pain in reparation for hardships forced upon others. Edmond then becomes that reparation, rewarding those that were his true friends, and exacting revenge upon those that caused him pain. A wonderful story, with excellent characters and an intricate plot. I would recommend this book for anyone that wants to laugh, cry, and triumph with a single character and his struggles. As the title states, this is one of my favorite books of all time, the only other that really compares with it is Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.

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Summary: Perhaps Too Dramatic...?
Review: A very well-paced novel of classic romantic literature, the Count of Monte Cristo is yet another masterpiece from Alexandre Dumas. I have only read the abridged, but it was enough to judge by. While beautifully written and expressed with vivid detail, it was too dramatic to be given 5 stars. Dumas makes the mistake of making Dantes a god, and giving him infinite intellect. He is not a real-life character in the least! Therefore, it is hard to believe all the 'once in a blue moon' events that occur around and through Dantes.

However, Dantes' revenge is so fantastic, that it is hard to discredit the book. Reverting from the classic 'kill-all' revenge, Dantes stealthily discredits all his oppressors, involving the reader with the plot. But Dantes himself knows perhaps too much, can do things that are not humanly possible... and so, I rate this book 4 stars.

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Summary: The Counte Of Monte Cristo
Review: Assigned the book as a termpaper project, I dreaded the thought of having to read this 1400 page monster. But as soon as I began read this book I was quite pleased with the plot. I admired Dumas' ability to patiently draw out the story as to build mounds and mounds of suspense. How he played out the revenge of the Count is the most interesting and compelling part of the story. What an amazing book!

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Summary: the best book ever written
Review: my main goal in life (ok, not the main one) is to persuade people who saw the film when they were kids to actually read the complete book, as the film just tells the main plot, while "missing" all the bits about hashis trips, vampirism, and of course, the hint of lesbian love... no book comes close to 'the count of monte cristo'.

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Summary: why it's only four
Review: when i read dumas's Count, i was enthralled by the storyline and the characters, especially the quality of Dantes(after the transition into the count)of being one step ahead of his advesaries.

i only rated it at four stars because i read the abriged version, and therefore cannot judge with impartiallity.