Book hangover, day four

[mahogany]

I picked up the Count of Monte Cristo from the library a few days ago. Not because I had a burning desire to read it, but because it seemed to me that everyone in the world had read it except for me.

Wow! Has it ever sucked me in. Every day for the last four days, I've woken up bleary eyed because I've stayed awake reading too long.

It's exactly up my alley. Pure entertainment. As to whether it has any literary merit, I have no clue, but dang is it ever compelling.

Comments

[efriden.livejournal.com]

It's a marvellous book, but obviously its main theme (revenge) is decidedly unchristian.

[mahogany.livejournal.com]

Especially considering that Count is thoroughly convinced that it's God's justice and not his own that he is doling out.