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If you haven't read "the count of Monte Cristo", do it now (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/books
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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] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thank you. I'm eying the three musketeers next

[–] Kvoth 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Having read both, I recommend the three musketeers, but don't expect it to be quite as good as the count of Monte Christo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I already have it on my Kobo, it might be next, you never know. I try to read fiction then nonfiction then fiction and so on. I might make an exception this time.

[–] Kvoth 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just the first book or the series? All "3" are fairly long between them

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have one book that is 1100 pages

[–] Kvoth 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Book three is so massive it's usually split up into between 3-5 volumes, in total it has 268 chapters

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You are saying the three musketeers is 3 books?

[–] Kvoth 2 points 2 months ago

Technically three, in reality it's generally sold as between 5-7