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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

21 reviews

lisahopevierra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Death, Abandonment, Murder, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

lauren_shilling's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

Before I start this review, it should be noted that I had to read this for school and would not have picked this up on my own, so take my review with a grain of salt. I really enjoyed the first quarter of this book. After that, it felt a bit boring to me. It sounds odd to say it was boring, because so much was happening, but I just didn't really care about any of it. I feel as if there were too many characters to keep track of. and some of them could have been condensed into one character. I liked Oliver's character at first, I found him to be sweet and I really felt for him, but as the novel went on, I found him to be less and less realistic. The whole point was to showcase just how good Oliver Twist is in contrast to the harshness of society, but it might have been taken too far for me. Oliver just felt a bit too good to be true after a while. Other characters like Rose also made me feel that way. This is not a terrible book in my opinion, and I definitely see why it's a classic and why Dickens is such a classic author, but it also definitely wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Death, Violence, Child abuse, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Death of parent and Animal cruelty

Minor: Child death

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Suicide, Torture, Child death, Gore, Antisemitism, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Terminal illness

description of childbirth

midgereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

I enjoyed this book and I like the commentary on social class and the workhouses. It’s a good book for analysis, but it can get a little boring sometimes and the descriptions at the beginning of each chapter can be a little unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Classism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Sexism, Antisemitism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

shaunnow38's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Animal death

clotalksbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

I'm glad I finally read this classic. I love the humour of it, and the carefully constructed insults. Made me chuckle a lot, despite the rather bleak events. Such clever writing. 

The other characters are much more interesting than poor Oliver. And we are treated to a wealth of them from all walks of life. It is very illuminating as to what life was like during the period. 

This edition has lots of useful materials, such as a dictionary for the cant and slang words. The illustrations are very good, and add to the feel of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

camix_2000's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Murder

chriswoody94's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Sexism, and Antisemitism

kathyovalle01's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Murder, and Torture

parenthesis_enjoyer's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Antisemitism, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, and Death of parent