Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Chimes by Charles Dickens

2 reviews

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

3.25

This is like a reverse [book:A Christmas Carol|5326], in which a poor man learns to hate rich men on New Year's Eve... 

Okay, it's a little more complicated than that, and the book makes a few really good points about the unfair way poor people are treated and talked about. (And interesting how relevant those lines still are today...)

That said, this is not an enjoyable story unless you enjoy sadness.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Grief

Moderate: Death and Suicide

This is like a reverse [book:A Christmas Carol|5326], in which a poor man learns to hate rich men... Okay, it's a little more complicated than that, and the book makes a few really good points about the unfair way poor people are treated and talked about. (And interesting how relevant those lines still are today...) That said, this is not an enjoyable story unless you enjoy sadness.

tariana's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

I read the Wikipedia about the book before starting it so I could have an overall idea to the references Dickens did. The book made me hate pretentious rich people even more than I already do. Moreover, I had to hold my tears when Meg decides to go to the river, as that was a real story that happened in England at the time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Forced institutionalization