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That was such a sweet little tale to enjoy on Christmas day. I don't regret waiting for December 25th to read it and caught myself wearing a big smile when I finished it.

salston's review against another edition

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4.0

If there was ever a Christmas classic - this is it. I really liked it. I every movie of this story I have ever seen it bothered me that Scrooge never seemed to change until the last ghost, and then just out of fear for his own life. The book clear this up. Scrooge starts to see his errors with the first thing the first ghost shows him and keeps on changing all through the story. An excellent story of our potential to change and improve. Read it and know it better man!

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5.0

Es war ein sehr schönes Buch für Zwischendurch zur Weihnachtszeit. Es hat eine simple, schöne Geschichte und eine gute Moral. Der Sprecher hatte eine sehr angenehme Stimme und hat eine wunderbare Atmosphäre erzeugt. Dieses Buch ist für mich ein Muss für alle, die Weihnachtsgeschichten lesen.

charlote_1347's review against another edition

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4.0

'A Christmas Carol' is familiar to most people because of its various film adaptions but way back when, Dickens plugged himself into the public consciousness and wrote this little gem of a book to reflect on life in the 1840s. I've never had much interest in reading it but since it's cropped up on the scheme of work I'll be teaching, I was left with little choice. Suffice to say, the writing was long-winded but masterful, there was a lot of superfluous detail and I definitely enjoyed this more than 'Oliver Twist'. By now I'm aware that Dickens tells the reader about the whole supermarket instead of the aisle he's aiming for so I was prepared for the deluge of detail but it's still off-putting, especially in such a short story. Nonetheless the tension suitably mounted, the scenes of terror, i.e. Marley's appearance, filled me with an adequate spine-chilling fear that had me peering over my shoulder in my room and the ending proved satisfying and realistic with the ever-popular Tiny Tim comment rounding things off.

lucylaud's review against another edition

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dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

christian_faith_and_fiction's review against another edition

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5.0

9/10. A Christmas classic. Both comedic and creepy.
The only thing I don't like is it doesn't mention the Christmas story or the true meaning of Christmas.

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