The Count of Monte Cristo

This book is fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

I am a bit saddened that the journey is now finished. This book had (has?) me in it's grasp and I yearn for even more pages, haha!

The page count held me off from reading this for a long time, but that wasn't much of a problem once I started reading. It sucked me right in and didn't let go.

It has something that kept me intrigued and curious and kept me wanting to continue chapter after chapter. There are many layers to the book.
There were a few moments where I thought “why am I reading about this, I want to get back to ...”, but these things cleared itself up quickly enough not to form a bottleneck.

Also, the time period, especially the late Napoleonic era where the book starts, was interesting and prompted me to learn more about that period in history.

The Penguin translation by Robin Buss reads very well.