Helpful Score: 2
Stephen Fry, noted British actor, humorist, and presenter, retells Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo with a modern setting. Fry has done more than simply assign anagramed names to the main characters (Edmond Dantes=Ned Maddstone and the Count becomes Simon Cotter); he has reworked this tale of unjust imprisonment and obsessive revenge until the mechanics of it are totally believable.
I came to this book because I wanted to see what kind of writer Fry is. The book is a bit out of my genre, but I found it entertaining and a quick read.
I came to this book because I wanted to see what kind of writer Fry is. The book is a bit out of my genre, but I found it entertaining and a quick read.
Helpful Score: 1
A very inventive and fun re-do of The Count of Monte Cristo with all the attendant coincidences and narrative goal of the original. I've read and listened to this book (narrated by Fry himself) and I think hearing it has added enjoyment.
Helpful Score: 1
Really enjoyed this book. Not my usual cup of tea, but it was engaging.
