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David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

3.9 AVERAGE


Apart from A Christmas Carol, this was, by far, my favourite Dickens.
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DID NOT FINISH: 87%

I think dramatised audiobooks are perhaps not for me!

Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it. It was just a classic story to listen to and a bit sad.

I will review this book the way it deserves as soon as I manage to stop crying my eyes out.

My favorite Dickens.

I read this book as part of the 2023 Literary Life group challenge. It is an extremely long book, but so worth the investment of time. I have been so immersed in the lives of each character that I am going to miss them all, except for evil Uriah Heep. So far, this is my favorite book of 2023.

Not sure how to rate this. It felt like such a chore to get through, but Dickens probably deserves more than two stars. The third star is maybe a reward to myself for not giving up.

This is a big time sink, but "David Copperfield" is one of the most relatable, most real, most human novels I've read.

I'm sure it's bias and personal preference, but I picked it up after reading Demon Copperhead, but found Kingsolver's loose retelling of the tale much more compelling (not to mention much shorter). Then again Kingsolver did just win a Pulizer for her efforts.
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