Reviews - A Tale of Two Cities

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A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

3.72 AVERAGE

leanne_mcelroy's review against another edition

4.0

Read for school. I did a French Revolution history research presentation on the book and found the assignment interesting.

hannahbetc's review against another edition

3.0

This book was written by Charles Dickens, so of course, it's extremely well written and full of moments that will have you gasp and shouting "Noooo." Although I enjoyed reading A Tale of Two Cities, I found myself getting tired of it, obviously, I wouldn't read this book on my own time.

sisimcph's review against another edition

5.0

emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Sydney Carton- I love you.

maloryjkennedy10's review against another edition

5.0

People who have never read A Tale of Two Cities are familiar with the famous opening line. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times". But the ending line is absolutely gorgeous and fitting. "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

Wow. This was a beautiful work of art. I will be processing this book for a long time to come. David Copperfield still remains my favorite of Dickens, but his writing in this book is just so well done. Dickens for the win again.

willdj's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring sad 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: No

hksmith's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional medium-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: Complicated

It took me a while to get used to the style of writing and numerous characters but by book three I was hooked

aglanphear's review against another edition

3.0

If Dickens didn't have such an obnoxious style of writing, I probably would have enjoyed this more. The plot was interesting and straight-forward, albeit a little predictable. The characters were all fairly likable, but I felt most, if not all, were severely underdeveloped. The unnecessary length of most of the sentences devalued the book for me. Conciseness is a key skill that Dickens did not seem to hold.