![]() ![]() This is so problematic for so many reasons. A woman half his age, who is his SLAVE (that he could free at any time, mind you, but doesn’t?!?!), who he met when she was 9. ![]() Her rationale (kind of? ED could’ve fought harder) for not getting back together was basically “I’m sad and we can’t be together”(WHY NOT)ĮD/The Count and Haydee - his actual end-pairing. Mercedes, much like an untied balloon, loses all of her air very quickly in the end of this story. This is both a failing by the character and Dumas. It feels like ED wanted someone pure and “untainted” to end up with and that’s why he let Mercedes go - a beautiful, aged, brilliant, selfless woman who could be his equal. Excuse me? The fact that he calls her unfaithful for literally just moving on after he went to jail and his OWN FATHER was like sorry babe, he ded is unfair, and honestly, an excuse. ED even goes so far as to refer to her as being “unfaithful” and that’s why they won’t get together. Let’s review our relationship pairings throughout this book, shall we?ĮD/The Count and Mercedes - does not end up in romance. There is only one true HEA in this book, and it is for Eugenie and her/their (more on this too) piano tutor, Louise. So this sounds like we’re gearing up for a HEA, right? WRONG. In a shocking turn of events, Mercedes knew who he was the moment she saw him and basically lets him know by the end of his revenging that she never forgot him. Villefort is publicly humiliated, loses his job, and has everyone he loves die (basically). Caderrouse gets low grade revenge, redemption, then death after he keeps fucking up. Danglars loses his complete fortune, his family, and his dignity. Fernand loses his riches, his family (bc he married Mercedes, but more on that in a minute), his social standing. Fernand, who was butthurt that he only got to be Mercedes’ (aforementioned hot fiancé) friend Danglars, who was jealous of ED’s upcoming success at work Caderrouse (the 0.5 guy), whose main crime was that he was drunk when the bad stuff was going on and didn’t stop it when shit went down and Villefort, the crown prosecutor who could’ve gotten ED out of jail really quickly but worried that bc his dad was a big Napoleon fan that he couldn’t move up the social/job ladder any further if the exculpatory evidence got used to help ED.ĭisguises, grotesque displays of wealth, and chess-not-checkers-level moves are made over the course of the ~900 pages when ED tries to get revenge. There are 3.5 guys responsible for fucking up ED’s life and his credit. After spending fourteen years in jail (bc a crown prosecutor, whose dad is a Bonapartist that was involved in all kinds of things, decides to keep him buried in the prison system to protect his future career prospects), ED escapes, finds his old prison-friend’s secret treasure, spends about a decade doing mystery newly rich guy shit, and then decides it is revenge o’clock. Set between 18 in the Mediterranean, TCMC is about a young man (Edmond Dantes, or ED we’ll say bc of the EGREGIOUS LACK OF BONERS IN THIS BOOK) on the brink of a wonderful life - that is to say, a promotion at his boat job, marrying a super hot Spanish gal, and paying off his family debts - is wrongfully convicted of a heinous crime (being a Bonapartist) and loses everything. ![]() SPOILERS AHEADįor those of you who aren’t familiar, it was serialized from 1844-46, then novelized after the fact. It is my husband’s favorite book, and I decided choosing it as my book club book for this rotation would give me the accountability and structure needed to take this fucker down. I recently read The Count of Monte Cristo (TCMC) by Alexandre Dumas. ![]()
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