PM_Me_Unpierced_Ears t1_itma8wc wrote on October 24, 2022 at 6:12 PM

I actually didn't like it much. It had too much "all-powerful main character" for me. It was just so completely unbelievable. The beginning was great, but there is just no person that is capable of doing all the things as amazingly as he did them while also thinking through every possible scenario while also being handsome while also being rich while also... etc.

It just got too convoluted and over the top, which took away from my enjoyment.

ComicsNBigBooks OP t1_iu4olo8 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:04 PM

Fair enough. I guess I wasn't looking for believability when I read it. I thought there was a delicious irony in Edmond being able to rebuild himself from scratch after being in prison for all those years, and that the more powerful he is emphasizes all the more how much he lost (Mercedes, his father, Morrel Sr.).