When I first received The Count of Monte Christo I was concerned that I'd never be able to finish it because it was so long. However, I soon realised that putting the book down would be more of a problem.

The book tells the story of Edmond Dantes as he tries to get vengeance for the wrongs done to him as a young man but also tells of how love can last even through the most difficult times.

I normally read modern crime novels, and so this is not a book that I would usually be drawn to. I soon found this to be as good as, if not better than, many of the crime novels that I have read. While reading I found myself guessing how Dantes would exact his vengeance and found that there was always a clever twist.

I found the notes very useful while reading the book - they gave enough detail to understand the environment in which the story occurred without giving so much information that you had to break from the plot, yet the book was also easy to read if the notes were ignored.

Since reading The Count of Monte Christo I have read The Three Musketeers and now intend to read more of Dumas' books.

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