Count of Monte Cristo - Chapters LI through C (The Apparition)

[Matthew, Assistant List Master]

Discuss chapters 51 through 100

[Matthew, Assistant List Master]

The plot is kicking into a new gear - some interesting stuff about the Villefort estate and will going on. More of the Count's scheming for sure!

[Matthew, Assistant List Master]

This most recent section reads like the movie clue:

[Matthew, Assistant List Master]

This book is very, very twisted and confusing. Good, but, man! Keeping up at times is tough!

[Matthew, Assistant List Master]

Some of the revenge coming to fruition!

[Simone]

Matthew wrote: "This book is very, very twisted and confusing. Good, but, man! Keeping up at times is tough!"

I feel the same. I trod through it with real difficulty, especially after the jump in the timeline and the new titles of the old characters (I had to search through the book to find out who was married to whom). Unfortunately so far there hasn't yet been an attentio-grabbing moment to really kick off the reading.

[Matthew, Assistant List Master]

Simone wrote: "I feel the same. I trod through it with real difficulty, especially after the jump in the timeline and the new titles of the old characters (I had to search through the book to find out who was married to whom). Unfortunately so far there hasn't yet been an attentio-grabbing moment to really kick off the reading. "

It is weird, because every time I start to get into it, there is a chapter or two that manages to make it a bit of a chore again. I do continue to enjoy, but so far it is not the full 5 star experience I have heard about from others.

[Jessica-sim]

Matthew wrote: "... not the full 5 star experience I have heard about from others."

I completely agree. For us list-readers it's good to cross it off. But I never really came around to liking it. Just like Matthew I used online summaries to regroup and get some orientation in the many characters and "what's going on again?"-moments.