#five whise generals

[nari-kami]

Five whise generals game night ✨

[mariniacipher]

Lord of Monte Christo

Okay, so I read the, like, first five hundred pages of that HORRID book and it was a while ago, but I just remebered an im still so annoyed at that piece of garbage, so get ready for my list

The fucking sexism. Seriously, I dont care about the time period, if you think women are so unimportant? LEAVE THEM OUT OF YOUR WORK! Seriously, this girl, the daughter of a businessman, really smart, easy on the eyes, had her loverboy and a good life, apparently on good terms with her dad. So guess what her development is! Cuz we get like three chapters/sixty pages with that useless waste of space and about how her dad has to pay his debts in time. Only for her boyfriend to explain to her, that if hes nit able to pay his bills, he'll loose his credibility and lose his business. After this girl had MONTHS to worry about it, literal MOUNTHS she didnt come to that conclusion, she needed her bf to spell it out for her (in German it's even more insulting) okay, but theres more! Her decisive moment is her choosing to let her fiance to be rule her life instead of her dad. Thats it. I just.... im done

Racism! Isnt it great if you always wanted a Black slave and see that a guy played voyeur and is supposed to be killed for that? And he's black? Yay! So, because OUR HERO always wanted a mute slave, he let policeman in that city do that, only to Then rescue the Black Guy and have his undying loyalty and obedience. Really. And the guy knows it, our hero brags about it at dinner with some other aristocratic jerkface. And that's all the character he gets. He probably dies somewhere

Jews! Dont need to differentiate, theyrevall the same! Who cares if you talked to two different people or only one? I sure dont, cuz its jews and theyre all the same, right? (Note heavy sarcasm)

The fucking characterizations. Seriously, five hundred pages in and I still had no real grasp on any characters in this CHARACTER DRIVEN narrative. Like, I should be able to understand a character I spend pretty much five hundred pages with, but no. He has no character I could think of. He was naive and optimistic at first, but then??? Hes in prison and gets taught by this Italian guy (I liked him. He had the most personality) and is apparently a genius and learns like, all the languages, and learns maths and science and poetry and what not, but... I still dont understand him. You'd think in novel whise first half is about this guys fifteen (?) Years in solitary confinement wed get some introspection and a solid character. You know, you sympathize with them and understand them, but know their quest for revenge is tearing them apart, and it breaks your heart because they were never meant to live like that, and they are maybe proud and vengeant, but scarred by their past or whatever. But nope. I couldn't name one character trade if you pressed a gun to my face. Hes the perfect human (yknow, excerpt for being an ass, anti-Semitic, racist, sexist, an ass)

The fucking protagonist. I dont even remeber his name, that's how forgettable he is! I forgot it even DURING READING THE BOOK. Thats NOT supposed to happen. and this is mostly about how this ass lets everyone cater tobhis wishes and rever him like hes fucking Jesus while he enjoys watching people Die. He freAking loves it, no joke. I would say more, but, again, he has no real character

The treatment Mercedes gets. So, mercedes is the boyfriends fiancee, the lad gets dragged away right before their wedding and she never finds out what happens. If hes alive, dead, free or imprisoned, or even why he was taken. So, she waits for him, for years. And only after years of waiting, without ever even considering another man, she goes with her best friend, a rich, powerful general, even though she doesn't really love him, because she's tired of waiting, or of living. She seemd suicidal, but characters are hard to see. And she educates herself, like hell, she is smart as fuck (and beautiful. Our protag was worriedvin the beginning that someone else would marry her, cuz shes so pretty, even if shes poor af) so yeah, she educates herself, bears a son, has a good life-but she seems unhappy, the exposition character tells us. She always seems melancholic and unhappy, like she would wish she was sonewhere else. Guess what our protag thinks. His fiance, a beautiful and clever young woman, waited years for him to come back, only to give in after yearsvof solitude and waiting, and marry her best friend, who loves her more than anything. She goes on, learning, bearing a son, always guilty, always sad and melancholic. Guess what our protag thinks? RIGHT! Shes a dirty whore and betrayed him and is just as bad as those men that set him upbto rot in jail for more than a decade. Yeah. Cuz how dare a woman live on her life. How dare a beautiful, clever young woman marry and try to be happy. How dare the person he claims to love most, try to be happt whithout HIM. Seriously, I dont care about the time period, tiu shouldn't want the person you love most to jump off a cliff cuz youre gone. Thats sick. And you shouldn't invade their homes to haunt them and guilt them. Yes you suffered, no that wasnt okay, but let people go on! She caref for your sick dad even years after you disappeared, she is not a bad person! Fuck, if anything, tell her everything and give her a choice! Or at least give her your blessing! Fucks sake

Okay, that was it, pretty much. Dont read this book, it's a waste of space, paper and time.

Im outta here