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Completely agree for the Count of Monte Cristo, but wanted to add that I had a similar experience more recently with Shogun (James Clavell) which I found equall
by loosetypes 7y ago
Completely agree for the Count of Monte Cristo, but wanted to add that I had a similar experience more recently with Shogun (James Clavell) which I found equally inescapably immersive.
- palerdot 7y agoThanks for the suggestion. Adding 'Shogun' to my reading list
- supersrdjan 7y agoIf you are adding Shogun then surely you also must add Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa. A sprawling epic loosely based on history, with real historical people as characters
- palerdot 7y agoThanks for suggestion. Added to my reading list ...
- therealdrag0 7y agoHighly recommend the audio book, if you're into that.
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- Psyladine 7y agoIf by 'inescapably' you mean trapped in sprawling meandering threads with no meaning or relevance to the story that must be read out to completion before you realize you've been had, sure. The sword buried in earthquake and the samurai-wife subplots come to mind even all these years later. Still, it was riveting compared to the shaggy dog that was Tai-Pan, the only book I've had the distinction of hurling at the wall in disgust at its non-conclusion.
- WheelsAtLarge 7y agoThere is a 70s TV mini series that did a good adaptation of the Shogun book. So I decided to read the book, it was well worth it. At 1000+ pages I wish it could have been longer. I loved it.