For my outside reading book I have chosen the Count of Monte Cristo. A bandit infested, treasure hungry novel totaling 1463 pages. Written by the renowned author Alexandre Dumas. Who also wrote The Three Musketeers . A similar story based in the same time period, set in France, just like The Count of Monte Cristo. Further similarities include the lengths of the books, the titles and the plot lines, which deal with a conspiracy theory involving the king.
Although, I am, regrettably, a little behind on my reading so I doubt my description of the story will be as accurate as those of the other people reading it. Still I feel I understand the plot well enough to judge its worth. So far, I am a little disappointed in it. I was told it was going to be an enthralling story that I wouldn't want to put down, instead I'm having trouble picking it. What with it being so huge and the fact that it revolves around a constantly changing character, I'm having a hard time relating to both the young Edmond Dante's and the infamous count of Monte cristo (these to titles belong to the same character, just at different stages in the story). so in my opinion I find the authors skills in characterising are week and a bit dramatic.
The author, coming from a rather dramatic childhood, seems to channel a lot of his excess emotions in his stories. making them pitted with disaster and over powering emotions, such as love, betrayal and revenge. these basic feeling are the basis of his stories' themes, and are used to show the basic building blocks of human nature.
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