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If you haven't read "the count of Monte Cristo", do it now (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 months ago by penquin@lemm.ee to c/books@lemmy.world
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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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[–] jagermo 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Love the book. My favorite adaptation is the 1998 miniseries with Gerard Departieu before he became a complete idiot, Seagal style.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They're making a new movie

[–] jagermo 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Movies never get the story, imo. You need the time a series gives you to set up everything.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

100%. I always thought about it this way. I remember watching the Hobbit after reading the book and was getting really mad how the movies kept changing things and omitted many others.