You know, I'm struggling to think of an 800 page book that I read where I felt "You know, that needed every single page. You could not have improved the book by slicing out a couple hundred pages here or there." Maybe the Count of Monte Cristo? At least there's always something happening in The Count of Monte Cristo; Dumas never stops the book dead to share His Thoughts on Napoleon (Hugo and Tolstoy, I'm looking at both of you).
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You know, I'm struggling to think of an 800 page book that I read where I felt "You know, that needed every single page. You could not have improved the book by slicing out a couple hundred pages here or there." Maybe the Count of Monte Cristo? At least there's always something happening in The Count of Monte Cristo; Dumas never stops the book dead to share His Thoughts on Napoleon (Hugo and Tolstoy, I'm looking at both of you).