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No time to read the book? Well then this is the review for you!

November 30, 2016 by crystalclear 19 Comments

So, I know this book was long.  I was one of the people who voted for it, so I was going to read the whole thing, darn it!  And I’m glad I did.  It was ridiculously long, but also really good.  And I feel like I accomplished something when I finished.  As I read, I realized that things were going to get complicated, and I didn’t want to lose track of what was going on.  So I started writing my review chapter by chapter.  I […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction Tagged With: alexandre dumas, book club, Book Club Reads Classics, classics, longest review ever, Monte Cristo

crystalclear's CBR8 Review No:25 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction · Tags: alexandre dumas, book club, Book Club Reads Classics, classics, longest review ever, Monte Cristo ·
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  • LittlePlat
    on “To be so ravenous with desperation that the only way out is complete and utter annihilation. A torpedo made of your own sharpened body.”- Senaa Ahmad (or me about wanting to quit this book)
    I suspect I got more enjoyment reading your review than you did of the actual book. "Jail, jail for author...
  • esmemoria
    on “To be so ravenous with desperation that the only way out is complete and utter annihilation. A torpedo made of your own sharpened body.”- Senaa Ahmad (or me about wanting to quit this book)
    This sounds perfectly awful, but I do love this review.
  • Sheila
    on I don’t do torture
    I wish I had read this review before I bought this Audible book. I am just at the halfway point...
  • bjornsnipe
    on “To be so ravenous with desperation that the only way out is complete and utter annihilation. A torpedo made of your own sharpened body.”- Senaa Ahmad (or me about wanting to quit this book)
    Thank you.
  • Maximoff
    on “The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.”- Oscar Wilde
    May I join you at that dinner party? This book is well worth reading.
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