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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
My introduction to A Christmas Carol was through, of all things, a videotape of The Flintstones' Christmas Carol, where Dickens' story was told as a theatre production starring Fred Flintstone as Ebeneezer Scrooge. There was a subplot where he wasn't learning his lines or something, and I think the ghosts were real instead of being actors... the story was obviously such a cliché the writers of the Flintstones felt the need to shake up their adaptation.
It is remarkable that the story endures within me at all, considering I can't have been more than 5 years old when I watched it, and I didn't even likethe Flintstones. It's not part of the culture of Christmas for no reason. I'm not even a big lover of 'Christmas spirit' beyond enjoying getting things for free (I got a coffee machine this year!), but Dickens' story temporarily makes me believe in the enduring power of everything yule (which I only just googled as I've only really heard it as an American word for Christmas, apparently it's like a pagan thing?).
It is heartwarming and sickly sweet in a way that isn't bad for your health. Even if you don't like Christmas, you may hate it a little less if you read this story.
It is remarkable that the story endures within me at all, considering I can't have been more than 5 years old when I watched it, and I didn't even likethe Flintstones. It's not part of the culture of Christmas for no reason. I'm not even a big lover of 'Christmas spirit' beyond enjoying getting things for free (I got a coffee machine this year!), but Dickens' story temporarily makes me believe in the enduring power of everything yule (which I only just googled as I've only really heard it as an American word for Christmas, apparently it's like a pagan thing?).
It is heartwarming and sickly sweet in a way that isn't bad for your health. Even if you don't like Christmas, you may hate it a little less if you read this story.
reflective
medium-paced
This was interesting, I was under the impression that Scrooge holds out until the last ghost but by ghost 1 he was already like "wow i should totally be nicer, i will now change my ways" lol Not a very steadfast capitalist
3,5⭐ закръглени на 4⭐ в полза на книгата само заради основното послание.
I think I'm officially done with Victorian writers' fixation on describing food and mundane everyday situations in painful details.
I think I'm officially done with Victorian writers' fixation on describing food and mundane everyday situations in painful details.
"For he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset... his own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him."
Ik ken dit verhaal eigenlijk puur door de Barbie adaptatie die echt slayt dus ja nog steeds slay + ik wist niet dat dit verhaal gay was, maakt het alleen maar beter :))
Ik ken dit verhaal eigenlijk puur door de Barbie adaptatie die echt slayt dus ja nog steeds slay + ik wist niet dat dit verhaal gay was, maakt het alleen maar beter :))
"Ох, ти студена, студена, непоколеблива, ужасна смрт, постави го својот престол тука и прекриј го со сите ужаси што ги имаш под твоја команда: затоа што тука ти царуваш! Но, ако овој човек беше сакан и почитуван во животот, тогаш твоето зло и сила немаат власт над него, и во очите на оние што го сакале, тој нема да се смени ниту за влакно! Не се работи за тоа што раката сега е тешка и паѓа омлитавено; не се работи за тоа што срцето не чука и пулсот го нема; туку дали раката била отворена, дарежлива и искрена; срцето било храбро, топло и нежно; а пулсот чукал човечки. Удри, сениште, удри! И ќе видиш како неговите добри дела - семето на вечниот живот - воскреснуваат од златната рана и ќе го надживеат оној што ги создал!"
Re-reading for a Litsy Buddy Read on Serial Reader.
Actually, I think it may have been even better than I remembered. I certainly didn’t recall all the humor in it.
Actually, I think it may have been even better than I remembered. I certainly didn’t recall all the humor in it.
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes