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Title: a poor clone of The Count of Monte Cristo
Review: I heard the author interviewed on the radio and he said he'd written a chapter and a half when he realized he was writing the Count of Monte Cristo (but since Dumas stole the story he figured could to).I should have re-read Dumas's classic instead. This isn't a classic. Somehow it isn't as rich in details. The original was very complicated. This is thin, flat and unsatisfying. Somehow Fry's story has more white space in the text, you just feel you are missing out on the beautiful details and plot twists and complexity of characters.Dumas made each act of revenge seem fitting. Fry makes it seems just dirty and petty. Dumas had characters with doubt, Fry has characters too flat to doubt.Go read Dumas, the (original) book was better.
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