He now has the opportunity to learn to read and write from a knowledgeable teacher. There he goes through an existential crisis, living in horrible conditions until he meets an old abbe who has been digging a tunnel to escape from prison. Edmund Dantès is wrongly accused of being in league with Bonaparte and is sent to prison on the Chateau d’If. The Count of Monte Cristo is a revenge story like no other. As I jump from Danglars’ narrative to the Count’s, I still want to know what is going on with Noirtier but I also want to know what the Count is upto so I am happy to read that. Alexandre Dumas is a phenomenal writer and I love the way the chapters are organized and how the story unfolds. For a book this length, the plot moves at a spectacular pace and with so many characters to follow, it can be a challenge to maintain interest in all of them. The Count of Monte Cristo is the most readable classic I have ever read. All I needed was some help to recall the characters. My worry was that I would be unable to get back into it but the world that Alexandre Dumas has created is much more interesting than my day and hence it was very easy to pick up again.
Picking up a 1200 page tomb after leaving it unfinished for over 8 months and halfway is a daunting task. For the last half of the book, while I continued to highlight quotes, I did not make extensive notes but instead enjoyed the story for itself. That is one challenge with buddy reading – you start off with a system to take notes but it is not always possible to stop yourself from reading on and reflecting on each section. We did three discussions, making it halfway through the book (see Parts 1, 2, and 3) and read the remaining book separately. The satisfaction that comes with reading a 1200 pager is a wonderful feeling! I started The Count of Monte Cristo as a buddy read with Kelly in January 2021.
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