just finished this and that definitely felt like a journey. i really haven't collected all my thoughts in regard to how i feel about it. i don't really have an analysis of it. but overall, i liked it. even though it for sure had its ups and downs. it really was a good book. sometimes i forgot it was a revenge story. but it really did get wrapped up pretty nice with a good bow at the end. i did like edmond dantes journey and the overall feel and idea of the story. it was fun imagining the enviroments and everything going on. very good book.
thanks for the recommendation IQfy. i wouldn't have read it if it wasn't for you guys suggesting it to me in recommendation thread i posted months ago.
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Are you 12?
are you upset i finished a book and you kinda larp like you read?
You didn't read. No one here reads.
The other anon is kind of right, if typically (unnecessarily) mean--the kind of mean that Dantes becomes, in a way. I read it when I was 14 or thereabouts, quite some time ago (too).
am confused, are we supposed to not read these books and instead have them collect dust on a shelf and instead talk about the idea of the book rather than the actual text itself?
Problem is there is nothing to discuss from this tripe. It is empty pulpy entertainment for 12 years old. You've been tricked. Duped. Bamboozled. You thought oh this book is old and big and French and famous so it must be real lit but it really isn't. Your pea brain can't come up with anything to say about it aside from it was cool and good I think because there is nothing else one could possibly say about it. You wasted your time. Maybe it was a good time, and if that's all you are looking for from novels, more power to you, but nobody here will give you the time of day because people here either do not read at all or read way too much to give a shit about crap like Dumas. See you in a couple months when you will have developed hopefully some standards
Idk man you kinda seem like a seething homosexual. Especially for telling somebody they wasted their time.
>seething homosexual
How am I seething? I'm saying there is nothing in it worth discussing, let alone seethe about
>Especially for telling somebody they wasted their time
Apparently I value it more than you yourself do. You should be thankful really I am being this altruistic, other anons will either not engage with you at all or happily circlejerk this mediocrity. I guess if you prefer the latter there is a fantasy general up at all times in the catalogue. There I'm sure you will find likeminded mediocre individuals with no standards for art
I, for one, I'm grateful for the heads up. I was planning on reading this but if it really is just an adventure romp then I have better books to be reading tbh kek.
Now youre an arrogant seething homosexual and like this other anon said. Its literally in the sticky and has good and memborable characters. I bet you havent even read it.
What this guy said frick you.
Harry potter is in the sticky, and it sure has memorable character. Are you going to read that too and make a pointless thread about it
maybe i will and you frickin die mad about it you prententious piece of shit. If you dont like it you complaining pussy then dont post in my frickin thread and take you literary standards and shove them up your fricking psued seething ass you piece of b***h trash
Lmao and I'm the one seething. You literally made a thread where you claim you have nothing to say about a book aside for I liked it, go on to claim you are not a "critical reader" and essentially have no standards, and when you are rightfully called out for being a moron with no clue of what literature is you shit yourself in frustration and can't master a defence of the book you say you really like aside for
>s-shut up you're seething I bet you have not read it many people like it
What a sad excuse of a human being. I was more than happy at first to just trash the slop you read so you may actually engage with the actual good stuff next time, but honestly I know see that you really are the imbecile reader the book was made for
Easily one of the most psued posts. That I personally have ever seen.
The count of Montecristo is literally in the sticky, so your opinion clearly doesn't reflect that of IQfy. Also, it's not just the 19th century equivalent of YA, it has soul, memorable characters and, even if you don't care for the rest of the story, you must appreciate Dantes' imprisonment chapters in how they portray the mind of an isolated recluse. The monk who teaches him I remember particularily as a person I'd like to resemble more, and why do we read if not to get inspired and elevate ourselves? Bet you haven't even read it, frick you homie
Like i said go frick yourself. You dont like the thread ?you can frickin die mad about it. You dont like the book? Die mad about it. I dont care about what you think is your literary standards. The book got recomended to me. I liked it. I wanted to show some love. Dont like it ? Go frick yourself. Also i never said i didnt have anything to say about it either moron. I said i hadnt collected all my thoughts. If you werent a moron. You woulda seen that part.
Collect them to your heart content. You won't find anything. And not because you are obviously mentally challenged, but because there is literally nothing there to discuss. Think back to this thread in a month time when the book will have completely escaped your mind leaving behind a big pile of nothing, and remember what I told you and blush for how dumb and naive you were. In the meantime have fun searching the archive for the absolutely riveting discussion this novel generate, like the "this part was pretty cool" threads and the "the count is based" threads. Truly a masterpiece for the ages
What books can you recommend?
If one wants to stick to 18th century French novels Hugo has written stuff that is just as action packed and accessible while sporting some wild erudition and i'd even say quite a bit of substance. Stendhal is another household name that I'd say excels at writing psychologically and morally interesting characters.
And while I don't think Zola's naturalist ambitions really paid off he has some amazing crude and hard hitting stories that are absolute page-turners
>replying to b8
>i really haven't collected all my thoughts in regard to how i feel about it. i don't really have an analysis of it. but overall, i liked it
Tellrale sign you've been reading the xix century equivalent of YA slop
you may be right anon but i'm just not that critical of a reader yet. i kinda just started reading heavily like a couple months ago. i'm not making excuses out here but i really haven't thought to much overall about it much. i'm sure in the day couple days when i think of the story overall something will come up or not idk but i did like it and that counts too.
i'm sure in the next couple days''''
Haven’t read it but the movie is really good, what other books have you read anon?
Ive never seen the movie anon. I heard it has alot of difference between the book. So far this year i read the hobbit, lord of the rings, count of monte cristo and various short stories by different authors. Like f scott fitzgerald phillip k dick and Nathaniel hawthrone. What about you? What have you read ?
I was a complete snub, so I always stuck to the classics and philosophy.
If you haven’t read Great Gatsby, it’s a short one and it’s great.
If you’ll like to read another book that feels like you are there, I rec anything C Dickens. Bleak House is my favorite.
Which did you prefer, Hobbit or LoTR
The Count of Monte Cristo is great, the Three Musketeers on the other hand...
Op here again. What are your guys favorite side characters? One of mine. I would say is Caderouse. The character seemed kinda shady but seemed like he had least had a good heart and wasnt too keen on setting up Dantes with Danglers and thought it was probably a bad idea and doesnt say anything to protect himself. I thought it was slightly weird that later on it portays Caderouse as a murdered. I get that it showed him as desperate person but he just like murders his own wife and a israeliteeler lol. He got a raw deal in the book if you ask me.
But thats another thing is by the end of the book the count is easily just as bad maybe even worse than anyone that sets him up until the kid eduoard dies. Then the count has a change. My only problem with this was we dont get to see it more cause its so close to the end but it was still good to see the counts moments at the end. Another thing is if the count was this singularly focused on revenge. then wtf was he doing for the ten years between when he finds the treasure and shows back up as sinbad the sailer? Just like grinding his skills up, becoming some kind of king smuggler? Lol but the book implies he already kinda has them when he larps as the priest abbe busoni to caderouse.
If you want to take another journey, anon, read Dune.
Alright i will check that out.
I was surprised a few months ago when i found out how short gatsby actually is and ill check out that dickens book. I liked lord of the rings better than the hobbit but for some reason i didnt like the two towers book as much as the other books
Thats how i felt about it personally.
Good ole penny a word book
Its a good read. Its kinda long but it was worth it imo
First part was very good
Second part was way too fricking long and too much ballroom jerking off
Third part is also good as the payoff for the second part, not as good as the first part
I agree. Up until the end of the prison arc it was absolutely amazing. The second part definitely took way too long.
My sister's favorite book. I don't think I will ever read it.
I'm glad you liked it. I read this slog back in middle school and detested it. Cool concept, bloated beyond belief because they were paying Dumas by the amount written, not the content