5.37k reviews for:

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

3.54 AVERAGE

whale_shark_called_blue's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective 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

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herbert and pip were in love fight me

possumpetal's review against another edition

1.0

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Quit reading this book about 2/3’s in. Dickens’ style does not read well now and this book honestly made me hate reading. There are much better classics and works by this author

rjvrtiska's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

isabelrenova's review against another edition

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i never actually finished but i feel like after writing an essay on it i get the jist

blair_89's review against another edition

5.0

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Reread (January 2024) review ✨

Everything about this book makes me want to scream

4.5/5

reading_one_more_book's review against another edition

3.75

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

melorwhatever's review against another edition

4.0

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I do love Charles Dickens. I can't help it. If the man wrote it I generally love it. Highly recommend

allthingsservethebeam's review against another edition

4.25

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kristawright's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tristans_library's review against another edition

4.0

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"Break their hearts, my pride and hope, break their hearts and have no mercy!"

I read this book for the first time in high school and always said it was my favorite Dickens story. But a couple of years ago, I read David Copperfield and I just completed a re-read of Great Expectations, and now I can officially say Copperfield is my favorite and this novel is my second favorite. (I did not really like A Tale of Two Cities and Christmas Carol is in the third favorite place).

"I am what you have made me. Take all the praise, take all the blame; take all the success, take all the failure; in short, take me."

This story is wonderful and I adore it. There are so many twists and turns and so much action and dark romance. I especially love Miss Havisham as a psychological case study (so interesting)!
There are just a few places where the story dragged on for me (whereas in Copperfield, I loved every word on every page!) I really enjoyed Pip's character development by the end of the novel ❤️.

I listened to this one on audible, the version narrated by Simon Vance and loved his narration!