Hello you lovely readers!
In various „What’s the best classic book you ever read“ threads in this sub I saw sooo many recommendations for The count of Monte Christo so I bought it. I got the whole complete 10000000 pages version because apparently I like to suffer. I like the story, I really do. But there is a problem: It is so complex and intertwined and everybody is somehow connected to someone else in some way and I already have a bad memory and now I’m half way through and lost 🥲 I feel like I am missing major plot „aha“ moments because I forgot something that happened 350 pages earlier. Also this made me take a break reading it so now I’m even more out.
I tried googling the story to catch up and understand, but all the summaries spoiler everything already. I also don’t want to re-read the first half again because it will take me another 200 years.
As I am typing this I see that there is probably no way you could help me with this, but it felt really good to rant it all out once. I committed to the book so I damn well will finish it, even if I only understand 30%, and then I can still read the summaries.
Or is there a website I haven’t found yet, that offers summaries only up to a selected chapter?
by benjaminbluemchen