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putshan t1_itldzkl wrote

Reply to comment by Mexx2000 in Just finished The Count of Monte Cristo by ComicsNBigBooks

Right!?

And the funny thing is it's a book I really didn't enjoy and one of the only books I've ever stopped reading because I was so bored.

Yet I see posts weekly about how good it is and feel I've missed something.

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ComicsNBigBooks OP t1_itlhhid wrote

Or maybe you just didn't like it. Not everything works for everyone.

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putshan t1_itlns5e wrote

Yeah I know, but I did love it at the start, thought it was fantastic.

Then the whole Italy part happened and I struggled, finally got through it and it was more tedium, I wish I could have enjoyed it more, is a story that reads like something I'd love.

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ComicsNBigBooks OP t1_itlqxpt wrote

Fair enough. I loved everything in between. I love reading about political scheming, or seeing a master plan slowly coming together. The middle portion/bulk of the book was that and I was riveted. I can see how it would be tedious if that sort of thing doesn't appeal to you. As for me, by the time I was approaching the end, I didn't want it to end.

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SleptLikeANaturalLog t1_itlvx3r wrote

Sometimes the story feels like a slough because various parts seem to be superfluous. One beauty I enjoyed throughout the book was trying to think about how the part I was currently reading could possible matter for the Count’s inevitable revenge. Invariably, every detail of the story had a purpose and wasn’t just filler even though sometimes Dumas was clearly disguising those parts so that we might forget about them only to be blindsided by those details later when he would suddenly reveal how those details truly mattered.

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Short_Acanthisitta33 t1_itloygo wrote

I liked the beginning and the end but the middle 300 pages I could have done without.

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ComicsNBigBooks OP t1_itnbgxj wrote

I've heard this opinion before and will respectfully disagree. The middle portion is what made the ending so sweet for me. Felt like a lava slowly boling to the surface, and the ending is the volcano erupting.

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