Have I read this before: Yes. Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away (junior high).

Review: Actually, I don’t know where I was when I read this, ‘cause I swear I only remember the “breaking out of prison” part. From this whole magnificent book, that’s the only part I remembered. That happened like in the first 100 pages! What the hell, younger me.

Anyway.

Look at this chart of the character relationships in this book and tell me this isn’t a soap opera in novel form.

A LOT happens in this book, but it’s really hard to summarize without giving it all away. For some reason it strikes me as almost a little bit Princess Bride-ish in parts, but maybe that’s ‘cause Dantes is really good at keeping his cool (most of the time).

Favorite part: Hmm…probably the whole “why is everybody getting poisoned? Who is poisoning everybody?! ENOUGH WITH THE POISONING JEEZ!” part. You know what I’m talking about if you’ve read it.

Rating: 7.5/10