Manga Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo Paperback – April 1, 2017

I've never read the original book, but an ultimate tale of revenge from a suave cunning rich man always sounded interesting. Now it's presented in my prefered book format and i gotta say, i loved it.The story is obviously great, and the art is detailed and helps convey a lot of emotion. In fact the art is working overtime, helping to show through image what they wouldnt have time to explain through text and it all works out very wellI suppose a natural critisism is the cutting that does need to happen because of this sort of adaptation. Like i know nothing of this story but i doubt The Count found the island of treasure and returned to france in the span of 3 pages. Some characters entire resolutions are done in text boxes. However i will say what's here is what needs to be here, The Count Of Monte Cristo and his quest for revenge. That being said some characters do suffer from both lack of development or just being dropped from the story as a resultAlso this is probably just me, but i didnt care for the ending too much. For instance someting rattles the count a lot more than it should, though again that might be due to the cuts.Regardless of that though this is a great book and i would recommend it to anyone wanting to know this story.....and now i mst admit i'm curious about the other books in this classics series

I have trouble reading due to dyslexia so when I read this story back in high school I didn't get much out of it. I got into manga a few years ago and can't get enough! I thought I'd give this one a shot and I absolutely LOVE it! They mirrored the book well and captured essence of the story in a way that was enjoyable to absorb. I've read a few other manga classics but I just absolutely love the art style of this one the best. I will buy as many of these manga classics as I can find!

Good quality, accurate to the original book, a good was to introduce classic literature to maga obsessed children.

Most people should know that the original story Is over 1,000 pages. I was very suspicious that the detail of the story could be brought out In graphic format , but I was pleasantly surprised to see that they did overall a terrific job. It might be the best way to experience the story followed by reading the full version later. Well done!

I'm trying to re-read some of the books we had to read in school. Some of them were a struggle for me. I have recently wanted to give some of them a try again. The manga format makes these books much easier to read. The artwork is incredible as well. I can zip through a book like this in about 2 settings. That is a terrific speed for me.

This book is a fantastic adaptation of the classic literature The Count of Monte Cristo. The manga is well drawn and the plot and storyline is very well thought through, maintaining the crucial storyline while leaving out other details which may otherwise make the book too “lengthy.” I really enjoyed reading this manga adaptation. I was thoroughly impressed reading the Manga classic version of Les Miserables even though I’ve read the fantastic, unabridged version of this “tome”. But this one, in my view, tops it.

This manga is on a whole other level! I loved the illustrations and am now a huge fan of the Count of Monte Cristo. After reading this I absolutely had to read the original version and think it may just be my favorite book yet!

Once you adapt to the right-to-left, back-to-front format, this is wonderful to read. The artist is superb. The story was perfectly summarized without the irrelevant stuff in the original book.