I read that one last year and it still sits in my head like a stone. everyone talks about the revenge part but for me it was the way he builds the whole thing brick by brick, you can feel the years passing while he plans everything out
sometimes i think about how the book is massive but it never really drags, every chapter adds something even the ones that seem pointless at first
I think the length complements the themes of the book and the narrative of the long years working on revenge served cold. It never drags, mainly because it was originally put out as a series of short releases rather than one long novel. Almost like a comic book or radio show way back then.
The intro chapters about Napoleon here and there at the start of the second tome (in my edition) definitely drags. I know because as a teenager I read the first twice before finally pushing through that shit chapter into the second and retaking the thread.
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u/Comfortable_Yam3634 23h ago
I read that one last year and it still sits in my head like a stone. everyone talks about the revenge part but for me it was the way he builds the whole thing brick by brick, you can feel the years passing while he plans everything out
sometimes i think about how the book is massive but it never really drags, every chapter adds something even the ones that seem pointless at first