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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Surprising courtroom drama.
The best description of men travelling in a stagecoach.
Writing for a movie scene before people had movies.
France good, France bad.
I liked the way it jumped around between characters at the start, because I found each individual story interesting, but I think you have to trust it is going somewhere rather than know it is going somewhere.
The foreshadowing and patterns in the plot are really good.
Middle 15% (end of book two) was the weakest for me. I think we needed more Sydney to make the end make sense.
I liked Mr Lorry, Sydney, Madame Desparde and Dr Manette.
I didn’t find Lucie or Darnay as interesting.
The best description of men travelling in a stagecoach.
Writing for a movie scene before people had movies.
France good, France bad.
I liked the way it jumped around between characters at the start, because I found each individual story interesting, but I think you have to trust it is going somewhere rather than know it is going somewhere.
The foreshadowing and patterns in the plot are really good.
Middle 15% (end of book two) was the weakest for me. I think we needed more Sydney to make the end make sense.
I liked Mr Lorry, Sydney, Madame Desparde and Dr Manette.
I didn’t find Lucie or Darnay as interesting.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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:
Yes
Not my favorite Dickens as I felt that the first 2/3rds of the book really didn't add much to the great and surprising ending.
This is one of the most difficult books I've read yet. Once I got to the last 100 or so pages though, the plot came together and I sped through it. The plot really is genius. The setting is historically accurate and informative. The characters are surprisingly human in an almost boring way.
This book deserves five stars. It's surely a masterpiece, but I just think it went over my head a little, like the movie 'The Godfather.' I didn't understand a lot of it, and had to re-read nearly every page of it, but it was worth it. The only reason I give this book four stars is because it was very difficult to read, and I prefer my books to be page turners. Maybe that's a sign of me being an immature reader, but I didn't enjoy reading about half of it, and I could never give a book like that five stars.
This book deserves five stars. It's surely a masterpiece, but I just think it went over my head a little, like the movie 'The Godfather.' I didn't understand a lot of it, and had to re-read nearly every page of it, but it was worth it. The only reason I give this book four stars is because it was very difficult to read, and I prefer my books to be page turners. Maybe that's a sign of me being an immature reader, but I didn't enjoy reading about half of it, and I could never give a book like that five stars.
So I tried to read this book two or three years ago and couldn’t get through the first chapter. But I have been determined to read it because of all the references in The Infernal Devices (and I am in love with Will Herondale so). When I had to read it for my Victorian Literature class I was excited, and I’m so glad I finally read the whole book. Yes, I read most of it using the “No Fear Translation” on SparkNotes but that was just because I had to answer 134 questions throughout the process of reading. Anyway, I loved it. I don’t know what else to say, other than the ending made me so sad and I can’t decide if I love or hate Sydney Carton.
A Tale of Two Cities was my first classic I've read, and BOY was it good. Yes, it was. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, to me, was a great classic to start you off in reading classics and to love them even more. Overall, I loved this book and will continue to read Charles Dickens books.
It is indeed hard to read, the vocabulary and manner of speak used in this book is confusing. It's hard to keep track on some stuff, but if you manage to read it you will find one of the best stories of love and friendship you could find from a classic.
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Comme ci, comme ça. I felt the need for some proper French Revolution fiction after the disappointing Pure, but this hasn't quite filled the gap. I'm not really a Charlesophile anyway but this is very short on what he's best at, and fairly waffles on, with mostly flat characters and surprisingly stilted (I suppose, Frenchified) dialogue. And it's rather zenophobic. It is good on the madness of the Mob, and on scene setting, and it has the formidable Mme Defarge, and put me in mind (as of course it should) of Stalin's purges - but I'm still looking for something better on the Terreur. Suggestions welcome.
There's a Hilary Mantel on the Revolution, I have just discovered.
There's a Hilary Mantel on the Revolution, I have just discovered.