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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Genuinely took me all of book one to get used to Dickens writing style but once I’d got it I loved it. Absolutely amazing and the ending broke me
Walaupun butuh agak lama buatku menyelesaikan buku ini, tapi harus aku akui buku ini bagus dan indah.
Awal mula kisahnya memang diceritakan lambat, namun ketika revolusi pecah, semua kepingan pun saling terkait dan menyatu.
Kengerian revolusi Prancis terasa sangat mengerikan. Ketika dunia sudah terbalik, orang-orang jahat mengadili orang-orang baik. Ngeri. Sangat mengerikan.
Sebuah kisah tragedi yang sangat sayang dilewatkan begitu saja.
Awal mula kisahnya memang diceritakan lambat, namun ketika revolusi pecah, semua kepingan pun saling terkait dan menyatu.
Kengerian revolusi Prancis terasa sangat mengerikan. Ketika dunia sudah terbalik, orang-orang jahat mengadili orang-orang baik. Ngeri. Sangat mengerikan.
Sebuah kisah tragedi yang sangat sayang dilewatkan begitu saja.
What can I say... it’s Dickens, it’s amazing.
Following some of the themes from [b:Bleak House|31242|Bleak House|Charles Dickens|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1280113147l/31242._SY75_.jpg|2960365] , (no love lost for lawyers or bankers here), but painted with a broader historic brush and with a more somber melodramatic sense.
It's interesting to see how mature and modern Dickens world view is at this time, having written countless tales of the appalling living conditions of the poor lower classes and the indifference of those in power, you would expect him to praise the heroes of the revolution, but instead he describes the horrors of a mob gone mad and the opportunists misusing their just rage to foster their own agendas.
It's also an unconventional structure, where the "love story" between our main young protagonist takes a backseat and the unrequited love of a side character and his redemption though the ultimate sacrifice, becomes the main story.
Following some of the themes from [b:Bleak House|31242|Bleak House|Charles Dickens|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1280113147l/31242._SY75_.jpg|2960365] , (no love lost for lawyers or bankers here), but painted with a broader historic brush and with a more somber melodramatic sense.
It's interesting to see how mature and modern Dickens world view is at this time, having written countless tales of the appalling living conditions of the poor lower classes and the indifference of those in power, you would expect him to praise the heroes of the revolution, but instead he describes the horrors of a mob gone mad and the opportunists misusing their just rage to foster their own agendas.
It's also an unconventional structure, where the "love story" between our main young protagonist takes a backseat and the unrequited love of a side character and his redemption though the ultimate sacrifice, becomes the main story.
So - I've been going back through, or reading for the first time, many "classics". I can honestly say that I have never read this book - although certainly grew up knowing many of the characters (for some odd reason). Anyway - in my opinion, this fully deserves to be a classic. I enjoyed it thoroughly and find myself sad that it is complete. No more to be said.
I really wanted to love this book. It is the first Dickens I've read and it has tons of 5 star reviews. I love classics, but this one just didn't impress me as much as it has most everyone else. I started listening to this as an audiobook and 2 hours into it I had to stop and restart it, because I thought that I surely had missed something. No, that is just how slow the beginning of this story is. It picks up from there, but this was the hardest book to get into . I loved the characters and the way you sympathize for both sides, although I'm worried a few characters are a bit forgettable. All the reveals near the end of the book made me appreciate this book as a whole. Ultimately, I liked the book and was glad I stuck through the beginning.
4.5 stars.
This was my first Dickens read, and according to many reviews I've read, not his best. If this is indeed not his best, I should very much like to read those other works of his that are more highly esteemed. This is, simply put, a damn good story.
At times, Dickens is so loquaciously descriptive, that sentences tend to run on a bit. Many times, I found myself finishing a sentence (or paragraph) and, realizing I hadn't quite gathered what was meant to be purveyed, would reread them. I was almost always glad I did. The way Dickens uses metaphor and imagery to illustrate what he desires the reader to realize - about, say, something as simple as an expression on a character's face, or the manner in which they speak, was masterful writing. I will give an example excerpt, from early in the novel, that particularly floored me:
"The faintness of the voice was pitiable and dreadful. It was not the faintness of physical weakness, though confinement and hard fare no doubt had their part in it. Its deplorable peculiarity was, that it was the faintness of solitude and disuse. It was like the last feeble echo of a sound made long and long ago. So entirely had it lost the life and resonance of the human voice, that it affected the senses like a once beautiful color, faded away into a poor weak stain. So sunken and suppressed it was, that it was like a voice underground. So expressive it was, of a hopeless and lost creature, that a famished traveller, wearied out by lonely wandering in a wilderness, would have remembered home and friends in such a tone before lying down to die."
This, being a 19th century work set in the 18th century, can at times feel like a bit of a slog to get through (I assure you that it's worth it) - particularly the first few chapters of "Book the Second," at least it felt that way to me. The trial that takes place in these pages is where I found myself at a loss for what was going on, and somewhat anxious to get through it to easier reading, perhaps back to the characters I'd already become familiarized with and attached to. In the third act of the novel, however, a lot of details from the aforementioned section come to the surface in a significant way, therefore my only caution to a prospective reader is to give as much attention as you can to it - not just here, but all throughout the book. So much gets woven together, in a way that astounded me, page after page, as I neared the end.
Going forward, I will gleefully envy any person whom I know to be reading this novel for the first time, as you only get to embark on such a memorable journey once.
This was my first Dickens read, and according to many reviews I've read, not his best. If this is indeed not his best, I should very much like to read those other works of his that are more highly esteemed. This is, simply put, a damn good story.
At times, Dickens is so loquaciously descriptive, that sentences tend to run on a bit. Many times, I found myself finishing a sentence (or paragraph) and, realizing I hadn't quite gathered what was meant to be purveyed, would reread them. I was almost always glad I did. The way Dickens uses metaphor and imagery to illustrate what he desires the reader to realize - about, say, something as simple as an expression on a character's face, or the manner in which they speak, was masterful writing. I will give an example excerpt, from early in the novel, that particularly floored me:
"The faintness of the voice was pitiable and dreadful. It was not the faintness of physical weakness, though confinement and hard fare no doubt had their part in it. Its deplorable peculiarity was, that it was the faintness of solitude and disuse. It was like the last feeble echo of a sound made long and long ago. So entirely had it lost the life and resonance of the human voice, that it affected the senses like a once beautiful color, faded away into a poor weak stain. So sunken and suppressed it was, that it was like a voice underground. So expressive it was, of a hopeless and lost creature, that a famished traveller, wearied out by lonely wandering in a wilderness, would have remembered home and friends in such a tone before lying down to die."
This, being a 19th century work set in the 18th century, can at times feel like a bit of a slog to get through (I assure you that it's worth it) - particularly the first few chapters of "Book the Second," at least it felt that way to me. The trial that takes place in these pages is where I found myself at a loss for what was going on, and somewhat anxious to get through it to easier reading, perhaps back to the characters I'd already become familiarized with and attached to. In the third act of the novel, however, a lot of details from the aforementioned section come to the surface in a significant way, therefore my only caution to a prospective reader is to give as much attention as you can to it - not just here, but all throughout the book. So much gets woven together, in a way that astounded me, page after page, as I neared the end.
Going forward, I will gleefully envy any person whom I know to be reading this novel for the first time, as you only get to embark on such a memorable journey once.
Not enjoying this at all. I'd rather stab myself than keep reading. I'll give it one more chance when my mood is better.
Astonishingly beautiful writing. Gripping page-turner all the way through. Love story set in amid the tumult of the French Revolution. I don't think its one to read with the kiddies, quite macabre. Overall, an important read and a story you really can't put down...or, forget.
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