The Count of Monte Cristo

Author: Alexander Dumas

Genre: Classic, life

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 8

Type: Fiction (one of the most elaborate works of fiction I’ve ever read!)

Number of pages: 1095 of story, 1130 total (includes end notes)

Time period: Probably the 1700’s

My overall opinion: I liked it better than Nicholas Nickleby. That was another huge book, you know! By the time I was 500 pages into this one, it really started to pick up. Oh, I still had some trouble keeping characters apart at times, and there are tons of subplots (you get that in books this size…and they weren’t in the movie), but it was good. I’m glad I read it, and I recommend to any extremely brave reader who likes classic literature.

Movie: The Count of Monte Cristo

My rating on a 1-10 scale: 9

Genre: Adventure (very exciting!)

Primary actors: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce

Length: About 2 ¼ hours.

Based on: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas.

Time period: 1700’s (?)

Year it came out: 2002

My overall opinion: It was pretty good! Exciting. It had a lot of really cool locations! There was a tad of mystery and a ton of adventure. Just wonderful! I highly recommend it. It was mostly clean – a few times, it was clear that a couple was sleeping together, but nothing explicit was shown. I will watch this again! But first, I gotta read the book…it’s got something like 1000 pages. I kid you not. It’s huge. But hey – I CAN do it! (I think)