Eventhough I really love these Manga adaptations of classics, especially due to the beautiful drawings, I didn't really liked the story itself. The Count of Monte Cristo just isn't the classic for me. 
But I still love these Manga adaptations and will read more of them.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Manga Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is a stunning new manga adaptation of a classic work of literature.  This book is literally tailor-made for classroom use.  The classic work of literature is here in a trimmed-down form that will hold the student's interest while maintaining the integrity of the plot.  Meanwhile, the cool and stylish manga-style artwork is sure to attract the attention of reluctant readers.

As a teacher myself, I am definitely happy to see this book and this series in general.  I often have to teach classic works of literature to students who are reading below grade level, who are still learning English, or who have no interest in reading books without pictures.  These books are a life-saver for teachers like me.  If you're intrigued by the description, or if you're a fan of manga, I highly recommend that you check out this book, which is available now!

This was an awesome tale of revenge, I haven’t read the book, and I did think some of the plot wasn’t explained, reading in the end I did learn that some parts were skipped not to make the story as long, but I do think it was necessary to show that parts. I did like the manga drawing.

I received a free ARC of this manga through NetGalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Having never read the actual story, this intrigued me enough to give the classic a go. I enjoyed the art and the flow of the story. Can't wait to give it a read someday soon.

Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo" is an intimidating book to a lot of readers. This is a classic manga is great in getting the story out there and putting it in a friendly way.

The adaption is done wonderfully you can tell this is really deidcated to the true story. This hits it all and give you that nostogalic story. The art work has done really well and is very good in attention to detail.

Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo" is an intimidating book to a lot of readers, and not for the contents but the brick-sized heavy editions it comes in. Even the abridged versions are still very long, much longer than this manga adaptation is at a little over 400 pages.

The Manga Classic series by Udon & Morpheus is therefore an excellent means of getting these readers engaged with the ponderous classics of yore that they might be otherwise circumventing due to length, and they've done it without sacrificing quality. Whoever is scriptwriting their adaptations has done an excellent job, and the writer that adapted "Manga Classics: The Count of Monte Cristo" deserves all the kudos. I've read Dumas' novel twice, and can tell you this manga is very faithful to the original story. It hits all the hallmark points, and doesn't sum it all so much that you miss nuance and miss the feel for time and place and characters. They've been careful to explain their storytelling choices in the notes as well, so you will know their reasons for them.

And the artwork is good quality as well. Classics readers don't usually like manga and might be dismissive of the art style, but objectively and assessing it on its own merit, it's good. I happen to think that it would've looked much better if coloured than black and white, or perhaps more "shaded" and grayscale inking than pure black & white, because it'd have made it look more "of the period," as well as if they hadn't gone for the cliché depiction of hair in manga. But those are my personal aesthetic preferences for historical manga.

Additionally, I would recommend the publishers to be more careful with their editions, because pages are out of order. In the copy they provided, you start by the end of the story and end at the start of the story because the pages seem to have been shuffled backwards. From comments I heard, it's something that's happened before, too.

This has been one of my favorite classic novels for a long time, so I greatly enjoyed this adaption. The manga adaptation was well put together. Of course it’s a long story, this was lengthy as well in order to preserve details. I enjoyed reading this even though I already was familiar with the plot and characters. The art was nice and wasn’t distracting from the seriousness of the story. Well done.

This story is very good . The main character I felt for him and all he had to go through, but I don't like how he took revenge on those who did him wrong. This classic is full of betrayal, some that are forgivable and some that isn't. I love the illustrations of this classic and would read more like it. I also liked the ending .

*I received this book for free through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

Too confusing. 

This didn't download correctly. What I could see kept jumping all over my screen and was blurry. The art was okay. It was a cool idea to turn known stories into manga.

I am not much of a classic reader as I sometimes find it too long or slow paced. So turning this classic into Manga just made the story easier to read. The illustrations made it enjoyable as it allows you to easily picture the story. I would recommend this to those who are like me — who are not fond of reading classics but would still want to know the story.

My library doesn't buy manga classics, but I will suggest that we should be purchasing them. I read The Count of Monte Cristo years ago, so my memory is a little sketchy, but I felt like this followed the original story faithfully.

I have never read The Count of Monte Cristo before this, but this book definitely made me want to read it! Absolutely loved the story! And as always with the Manga Classics, loved the art. Great book, definitely recommend.

Thank you for the publisher for providing me with an e-arc. 

This is such an interesting read to me since I got to read a manga adapation of a great classics. This definitely made me intrigued in the original book. I really like the depiction of the characters in here and they are written so well. Will be reading the original Count of Monte Cristo

An intriguing comic retelling of the eternal classic novel by Alexandre Dumas! More classic books deserve the same approach!

I truly adore this series. The Count is Monte Cristo is the sixth one I have read, and I would say it is second only to Les Miserable in its engagement possibilities. The artistry is complex enough to support the depth of the story and clear enough to keep readers of the manga style page-turning. I sincerely hope that UDON and Morpheus continue to translate classics into this format. I can see lots of use for them both for pleasure and for education.

Thank you to Norman Poon, Artist, the publishers, and NetGalley for an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to UDON Entertainment and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this manga free in exchange for an honest review. #NetGalley

I like mangas and I haven't read the original novel, so I was curious about this adaption. It was my first time to hear about this story, it is intriguing and has so many layers, especially during the revenge arc! The art was very well done, the characters were easy to distinguish and I think the story was adapted as best as it could be. Some parts had a bit longer explanatory pages, but all those information was necessary to completely understand the plot.

I think the Manga Classics edition of The Count of Monte Cristo is a great adaptation to tackle this classic novel in an easier to read format. Would definitely recommend it to manga fans!

I love mangas and this specialy a LOT. It was so Catchy and so interesting. But there were some parts that there were a little bit out if context. I'm general I love it; and at this times if the year more.

I have never been one for reading manga but I really enjoyed this. It has been years since I read The count of Monte Cristo. The illustrations were great in the story, although was trimmed, kept all the twists and turns. I think I'll definitely use these books to introduce my kids to the classics. I didn't like that the ebook was not set up to be read as a manga. I had to scroll to the end of the book and read it backwards.

Much better than the Pride and Prejudice manga! I found the style less clunky and the overall vibe much better. I have yet to read the source book, so I can't speak to it keeping to that, but I'd recommend to anyone who loves manga and period pieces.

Thanks Netgalley for allowing me to read this book! The title and this beautiful cover drew me in and i was excited to read this book! I will be recommending this book to others for readers advisory