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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I just finished the spanish edition (which had a lot of gramatical and ortographic errors) and I'm still assimilating the beautiful and moving ending. I understand now the reason this book is considered a masterpiece and Dickens a genius. I loved it.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wordy, but what do you expect from Dickens? He got paid by the word.
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
4 stars-
How do I give one of the most famous works of literature only four stars?
It really is an amazing novel. The plot is brilliant, and the social critique is so timely and so well done.
Given this was the 5th or 6th Dickens novel I read, I just felt like I missed a lot of the things that I expect when I read Dickens. I missed the humor, (there is some present here, but not as much as normal) I missed his amazing characters, and I missed his complex, multi-layered subplots.
I suppose my biggest problem is probably Lucie Manette. I don’t know what she’s doing in the second half of Dickens’ career. She’s so flat, boring, and angelic. Dickens has already proven he can write great women. Edith Dombey, Amy Dorrit, and even Esther Summerson (who is even a little angelic herself) are far more interesting and well drawn female characters. There’s nothing *wrong* with the characters and with Lucie Manette, I just know that he can do better.
For what the book sets out to do, it is a masterpiece. But it’s an anomaly in Dickens’ output.
How do I give one of the most famous works of literature only four stars?
It really is an amazing novel. The plot is brilliant, and the social critique is so timely and so well done.
Given this was the 5th or 6th Dickens novel I read, I just felt like I missed a lot of the things that I expect when I read Dickens. I missed the humor, (there is some present here, but not as much as normal) I missed his amazing characters, and I missed his complex, multi-layered subplots.
I suppose my biggest problem is probably Lucie Manette. I don’t know what she’s doing in the second half of Dickens’ career. She’s so flat, boring, and angelic. Dickens has already proven he can write great women. Edith Dombey, Amy Dorrit, and even Esther Summerson (who is even a little angelic herself) are far more interesting and well drawn female characters. There’s nothing *wrong* with the characters and with Lucie Manette, I just know that he can do better.
For what the book sets out to do, it is a masterpiece. But it’s an anomaly in Dickens’ output.
Normally I would give this four stars, but it made such an enormous impact on me as a young teen that I have to give it five; Sydney Carlton inflamed my pity and romantic imagination, and there were scenes I read repeatedly. I'm not sure the mature woman would be as deeply, emotionally moved as I was by this as a teen.
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
crying in the club about Sydney Carton (and by crying in the club I mean crying in front of my class tomorrow probably)
adventurous
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:
Complicated