The Count of Monte Cristo

What a read. I approached this book with fear, given the length. As an audiobook it is a massive 52 hours record (but I listened to it at 1.8X speed, still massively long). But I was soon captured by the settings and the story and the epic feeling of it all. This is a brilliant book that has to be savored. It was initially published as a serial and so it has to be enjoyed as long sequence of intense episodes. I'm so happy that I decided to read this!