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.
It’s been on my list for a while, I’ll get to it one day. I’m also planning to watch Gankutsuou afterward, which is an anime retelling set in the far future, and is supposed to be good
Ooooh, you’re in for a treat. And thank you for making me aware of Gankutsuou. I didn’t know such thing existed. I’m going to start watching it right after I’ve finished the book. I had the movie lined up, but I guess this show will have more details. How many seasons?
1 season, 24 episodes. That’s the limit of my knowledge about it though. I just heard about it from some else’s recommendation lol
cannot agree more, i love this book and am so glad to see a post about it.
talk about an epic tale
I’m just now realizing that some writers and are literal geniuses, like this man. He has to know several parts of science to be able to write a book like this. The philosophy part is killing me. It hits hard all the time and I keep reading those pieces over and over. The chemistry part, the medicine part and many other genius things have been said in this book
Great point, the different disciplines coming together to create such a cohesive and complicated story is so satisfying.
It’s actually been a few years since I read it, I would not turn down a reread at all.
I remember being riveted and pretty much doing nothing else while I read that book.
I actually added this to my Kobo wishlist the other day.
I read that last year and it was fantastic. Top 5 for sure, I think my all time #2. It was like game of thrones, where you’ve got all these people showing up, and this spiderweb of seemingly unrelated stories gets told. But unlike game of thrones, it actually threads back together from chaos into a satisfying, well wrapped up conclusion. It is a masterpiece.
Honestly, half way through? That would be considered “the boring part”. It only gets better from there. You’re in for a wild ride. Enjoy!
Damn, you’re making me excited now. Best part for me so far is when he got imprisoned with that priest dude and things got very crazy. You’ve put a very accurate description of the book and how I, at times, felt it was like. Get confused about something when it’s mentioned then it’s making sense somewhere else.
Ya, like you probably met Albert at this point? You’re like “who the hell are these people - I think another book got printed into this one by mistake!” “This isn’t even the same story!” :) Same thing with other families and bandit gangs etc. And then you slowly realize it was all planned out and all has a purpose.
Isn’t there a saying or writing thing about only introducing things that have a purpose? Like if you introduce a gun into the story, then it has to be used. Anyways, there are no “guns” introduced without a purpose.
Do yourself a favor and make sure you keep track of all the people and their names. I’d go so far as to make a list on the side as you meet people (and try to write down all the people you’ve already met). That’s maybe the only flaw of the book in my opinion - it requires the reader to pay attention to get the full effect. Sometimes very important details or a plot twist are revealed in a single sentence - usually centered around who is who.
Man, maybe I’ll read it again! So good!
I got halfway through your post and ordered the book. Here’s hoping it lives up to its reputation. I think it will.
Lol. Oh no, I hope you’ll love it and don’t feel like you wasted your money. Like another commenter said, write down new names you meet and what they do so you don’t get confused later on in the story. The book is 3380 pages on my E-reader. So, be ready for a long read.
On my E-reader. It could be less on a real a book. Also, it’s a very good book, so you’ll not feel the time. The book is divided into 117 chapters, that way you can put it down after finishing a chapter or two. Not that bad, trust me.
Your library definitely has it. Hell, its so old it might be on project gutenberg
