The Count of Monte Cristo

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Summary: A story that makes you think pleasant, evil thoughts.
Review: Alexnader Dumas' story grips you and won't let you put it down. His tone and description of the post-Napoleonic era is incredible. He tells a story that is a classic and in a way that anyone can relate to it. You get so caught up in the story, you want to find the bully that used to stuff you in your locker at the ten-year high school reunion and knock the living snot out of him

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Summary: this is one of the best book I have ever been forced to read
Review: In school, one is forced to read many books for english class. Some read Beauwoulf (ewww), some read The Lord of the Flies (yuck) while I was forced to read this book or face a F. I was hesitant to read this at first; judging the book by its cover and thickness. It was discouraging but I started to read it. I couldn't believe someone could have been this creative! I just loved every page of it. I devoured it way ahead of everyone in class. This book was so good I even read The Three Musketeers on my own! This is a great book to read. I have read the abridged version and plan to get the unabridged version so I can find out what happened to certain characters!

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Summary: Simply, A great book!
Review: Of the hundreds of novels I have read in my lifetime, this story is in the top 5. If you can keep track of the characters and their relevance to the story, you will find this to be an extremly well written and engrossing story. Hurray for Edmond Dantes!!!

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Summary: Excelent Book Shows the nature of vengence on a person
Review: Dauntes a sailor on the verge of of marrying the woman he truley loves. Is betrayed by the people he trusts. And hate and vengance keeps him going throught his time in prison. Dumas describs in detail how he plots and scemes to get his revenge on those who wronged him. How it consumes him every waking hour of his life. He beleves he is doing gods vengence on those who wronged him. But starts doughting it all when little Edword dies unsuspectingly. and how he realizes vengence is for god to do not him, and that this vengence has cost him his happiness all those years. And he realizes that the Young woman he saved from slavery really loves him (she realizes vengence has caused her unhappiness), and that he can really be happy again with her. The unabridged version is the best one.

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Summary: The Best Book Ever
Review: The Count of Monte Cristo is wonderful. The nevel kept my attention throughtout the entirety of the book. I absolutely adored the book. I suggest strongly that you read this book. There's also a movie that is very entertaining. You'll love it! Enjoy. . .if you have questions about the book please e-mail me. I'll be glad to let you know any information in which I might have.

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Summary: My Favorite Book of All Time
Review: The Count of Monti Cristo is by far the most exciting and spell binding book I have ever read.......Edmond Dantes is a sailor who has the world as his oyster.......then terror happens.....he spends the rest of the book plotting and planning his every move to gain REVENGE on his wrong doers........Dumas's character development is excellent, you cheer out loud and clap for the Counte you fall in love with Valentine, you weep for Maximilliun.....Dumas takes his time to show you every aspect of the towns that the Counte travels too.....I have read this book 5 times and it gets better each time......this is a book that I will read to my children to teach them about honor, courage, and WAIT and HOPE (hint hint)

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Summary: Wow! what else can I say?
Review: This book rocks! Okay, so I may only be a high school junior, but I've read this book at least once every year since my freshman year. I love it. It is always on my christmas wish list, although, somehow it gets overlooked. When you think about how awful revenge is to people you relieze that Dumas captured that in his book. This book is a must read.

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Summary: It gives me chills re-reading certain parts
Review: I have read the Count and it is undoubteldly my all-time favorite book. The count's vengeance is so vivd that I read over certain parts many times. Specificall, my favorite part is when the Count doubts if his vengeance was justified, after little Edourd dies. When he gets the manuscript of the Abbe Faria and his eyes fall on the epigraph, "Thou shall tear out the teeth of the dragon and trample the lions underfoot, thus saith the Lord". That part gives me chills all over, the COunt has vanquished his doubt, it was God's will that he does what he does. I own several copies of this book, and always have one around to read parts of. The count is my favorite literary character of all time. Sometimes, vengeance is not the lords, but you must act upon it according to your own situations.

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Summary: Classic
Review: Do classics *have* to be boring? With Dumas, it is never so. One of my favorite writers, I read 5 of his books before turning to count of monte cristo (due to its size no doubt). And it was one of the most romantic and exciting books i ever read. My personal opinion ranks it ahead of the three musketeers. Something i would like to add to the reviews already up there is that the writing is so timeless. The intrigue, the stocks, comments about the police arriving late and the youth going to the dogs.. you could supplant horses with cars and have the setting in the late 20th century! This is a must-read guys. Au revoir, wait and hope...

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Summary: Incredible!
Review: This book was amazing! At the end of each chapter there is always a question to be answered, a story to be told, or an adventure to be had. I'm thirteen and although I haven't read nearly as many books as some,this one is my favorites and will always be imprinted on my memory!