The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss

The count went across to the window and saw them crossing the courtyard, arm in arm. "Good Lord!" he said. "There go two miserable creatures. What a shame they aren´t really father and son!" Then, after a moment of grim reflection, he added: "Time to go to the Morrels. I do believe that disgust makes me sicker than hatred."

 

My feelings alternate between being in awe of the count and being totally appalled by him.

 

His plan is so intricate and meticulously planned, it´s a joy to see it unfold. But the way in which he manipulates people, people who don´t have anything to do with his past, makes me sick. And to think that this is the same person that I felt pity for at the beginning of the book ... honestly, this is such a great book. 

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