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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
This confirms it. I love coming of age stories!🥹
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I give this 4 stars based on the time it was written. I am ignoring the overly emotive and flowery dialogue that just goes on and on (of which the Micawbers are rife) as characteristic of the time. That said, there is a reason Dickens writing has endured. I particularly liked the sense of humour that showed through some of the scenes and the descriptive passages of place and character.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wonderful male characters. Most of the women are either angelic or evil. Racist comments against Jews. Still, a good book to experience.
Despite having been a high school English teacher for 33 years, I never read this book. Never been a huge Dickens fan. But I recently read Barbara Kingsolver's version, Demon Copperhead, and I LOVED that, so I wanted to go read the original. It's really meh. First of all, David Copperfield, the character, is a nincompoop. He's not just a nincompoop when he's a kid, for which he could be forgiven because, seriously, what kid isn't a nincompoop? But he remains a nincompoop throughout the novel, and the adult narrator telling us the story doesn't seem to realize it. Stylistically, the novel is very exaggerated. Uriah Heep isn't just evil, he's EVIL. Over and over. Characteristics are drummed into us with every encounter with a character. I imagine that when one was reading this inserialization, the exaggeration and the repetition was useful, as there would have been months' long gaps between installments, but when reading the whole thing altogether, they are just annoying. Still not a huge Dickens fan. Read Kingsolver. That one is amazing!