Burning Ones

I’ve recently just finished The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Timmy thought it’d be cool to write a review.

To be honest it was a chore to read (for the first couple hundred pages) because Dumas likes to jump scenes, which introduces you to many new characters in a short amount of time. It actually attributes to his genius, but for an impatient reader like myself I had to press on for a bit.

Thank God I did! Once I was past the first little hill, the book flew! I’ve never had 1200 pages go so fast in my life! Then again, I’ve never read 1200 pages :-). It’s orginially written in French but the translator did a wonderful job putting it into “eloquent” English. So although it was hard to get into a rythym of reading, it was one of the most “beautiful” books I’ve ever read. I would kill to be able to talk like le Comté de Monte Cristo :-) The story-line was just amazing. The movie didn’t do it an ounce of justice. You could make several exciting movies from that book alone- I can’t believe they actually attempted at consolidating it!

As odd as it sounds sometimes when I picture God I picture the Count. Not in some idolistic way, but all the characteristics that I would picture God having I saw in the Count (even the whole revenge-thing). The Count at one point purchases a Greek child named Haydee who later grows into this beatiful woman and says herself that she loves him like a husband, brother, lover, etc. I thought that the relationship amazingly reminded me of what I’d like to feel for God.

So God definetely helped me find Him in it, which I am extremely happy and blessed with, and thus made the book a total success for me and I would recommend it to anyone.

My rating: * * * * * (that means 5/5)