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If you haven't read "the count of Monte Cristo", do it now (lemm.ee)
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Holy shit! This book is insane. I'm half way through it, and I can't even express how I feel about this book. Masterpiece? Doesn't give it justice. I've never done this in my life over a book (and I've read well over 500 books for the last 30 years), I got emotional during some parts of this book. I have ADHD and it's very hard for me to focus when reading, unless it's an extremely good book like this I guess. This probably sounds silly to some. The reason why I'm only just finding out about this book is because I'm new to the West. An immigrant if you will, and never heard of this book until a couple of weeks ago. If you haven't read this book; I highly recommend it. Alexandre Dumas is a genius.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

cannot agree more, i love this book and am so glad to see a post about it.

talk about an epic tale

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm just now realizing that some writers ~~and~~ are literal geniuses, like this man. He has to know several parts of science to be able to write a book like this. The philosophy part is killing me. It hits hard all the time and I keep reading those pieces over and over. The chemistry part, the medicine part and many other genius things have been said in this book

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Great point, the different disciplines coming together to create such a cohesive and complicated story is so satisfying.

It's actually been a few years since I read it, I would not turn down a reread at all.

I remember being riveted and pretty much doing nothing else while I read that book.