The Count of Monte Cristo

Beautifully crafted and suspensful... Perhaps one of the most entertaining books I have ever read. Fun to read and a lot to think about.

This book leaves me speachless, and words cannot describe my opinion, it is so high. Wonderful, excellent, riveting, and overall spell-binding. There are no other words to describe it.

One of my favorite books - I have read it at least twenty times and every time I read it I find it is as new and interesting as when I first read it as a teenager. Edmond Dantes is my hero for all time

What can I say? This is by far one of my favorite books! Very well written and wonderful plot continued to keep me engaged and reading over and over!

This has to be one of my favorite books. I've read it over and over and I am still astounded by Dumas' writing style and development throughout. Even the more stagnant parts of the book are filled with vuluptuous language that holds so much sophistication in the simplest progression of the storyline. 5 stars, every time.

Just love it!!

I like this history since I read it years ago. Now, I am reading it in English written to learn this interesting laguage...

Incredible story, understand the motivating power and ultimate emptiness of revenge.

From beginning to end, it was a spectacular book!

This book sucks dick

A book I could not put aside. Drama and intrigue. Full of real human issues.

I love this book, it is a long read, but a great complete story.

One of my favorite books. An intrigueing look at how people can be corrupted . It also shows how revenge can ruin many lives. Well worth a read even though it is a long book.

Absolutely the best book ever!!, i have watched the movie several times. This is my first read and I cant put it down! Will read it over and over again!!!

A wonderful story told with intoxicating prose.

This is the book of books, really it has it all suspense, romance intrigue and adventure. Please read it and you will discover a true masterpiece. Love edmond dantes. And the two sequels are great as well.

Absolutly beautiful book. Very detailed. So much better than the movies.

This bok is a t5ue work of art and literature, with a fascinating plot and wonderfully detailed characters. I heartily recommend it to the world. Unfortunatly, there is a problem with the editing. The proofreading was not thorough enough. There are wrds and phrases missing from this work. Usually missing at the ends 0f pages but also at other places on the pages as well. Not enough is missing to make the work hard to follow but enough to certainly be annoying. I appreciate the work being free but these omissions should be corrected.

My favourite adventure novel, my favourite novel! I once read that this book was origionally released chapter at a time in a magazine so that explains why each chapter leaves you unable to wait for the next. The very definition of a page turner.

I love this book!

As I remembered the book some 22yrs ago. Great read

Best book I've ever read...and I was a literature major at Berkeley! Nothing can match this for its brilliant plot, moving humanism and sheer magic. Please only read the unabridged Penguin edition, the previous translation was more than 100 years ago and is not only antiquated but deleted material considered too racy or violent. Although this has a reputation of being a book for children, it is decidedly not so, as there is plenty of violence, drug use and a very suggestive lesbian relationship.

I love it :)

I absolutely love this book.

I like this book because it is one of the only adventure books I read

I read this book in school. I'll see movies about it. I just think it's, all-around great book for children and adults alike.

My all-time favorite book. Whatever you do, read the unabridged version. (I read the Penguin edition.) It's worth the time. (It's about 1200 plus pages!) I liked this even better than "The Three Muscateers". I read this for my book club about three years ago and many members had read the abridged version and couldn't understand certain relationships of characters in the book! Entire events were left out of the abridged version. Do yourself a favor and run to the nearest library or book stored to get this book.l

A classic. Fantastic

Ok

Great book!

Beautifully written book, among the best from the romantic period

one of the all time greats

Awesome story; incredible use of language!

Succint yet detailed descriptions and a highly intriguing plot maintaining intellectual depth makes the novel unique and a must read.

A literary masterpiece! This is a must-read for any student of literature.

Good

Book is amazing, although a bit long on some part, with great detail for clothing and furnishings. Fantastic read, nothing like a jail break plot!

Very good read. Almost nothing like the movie.

Outstanding! Beautifully written with incredible depth. Loved it.

No so bad

Dirty

If you enjoy literature, this is kind of a "must read." Long, yes, but it is worth spending the time getting to know the whole story about the rather magical Count.

Love it, better than the latest movie made from the book!!!

Great

A magical story,written in a beautiful poetic manner. It contains every element of love, intrigue, revenge and redemption anyone could wish for.

This is my favorite book of all time! We can all learn something from Edmund Dantes from 1845 human nature is still the same and Dumas knew it! That is why this book is still in print today. This os my favorite version i believe it is unabridged because there are scenes that were not in my paper version and it is portable!

Underneath this awesome tale of revenge is a story of love, hate and determination. Perfectly written and undeniably impressionable.

My all time favorite!

This is a great book brilliantly put together

It is a fantastic story

This book takes you on an insane and magnificent journey. Like all great books, it has very engaging characters and if you walk away not wanting to be 'The Count'; there could be something wrong with you!

Good

Excellent story that is long and engaging. Must warn though. A couple of the the narrators are inarticulate do to heavy accent and manner of delivery. I had to download and read the chapters that they narrated so I could follow the flow of the story. Kind of defeats the purpose of the audio version.

I loved the attention to detail and the immense effort in keeping the characters true to themselves throughout the story.

Loved the movie, enjoyed the read

Love it!emotional one!

I love this book. Mainly because of it's attention to detail and the plot. It always kept me interested.

It was a brilliantly written work of literature, it hurt to put down .

Read this book in high school and I'm reading it again years later. Great book

Good

Best book I've ever read.

The most fascinating book I have ever read. When I finished reading, I couldn't start another one for a couple weeks. It had a great influence on me.

Captivating, a true classic!

Interesting read

Brilliantly told classic story of despair, hope, vengeance, and mercy, from the vantage point of a human agent of Divine providence. A marvelous period piece.

Inolvidable

Great classic novel, interesting and descriptive. Sometimes too lengthy (thus 4 stars).

Great

Love it