The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain: Original Text by Charles Dickens

3.09 AVERAGE

nperrin_writer's review against another edition

5.0
Just as good as "A Christmas Carol" from my perspective. Beautiful allegory about trauma, memory, and forgiveness.
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ronanmjdoyle's review against another edition

3.0
Here's the point at which I stop blaming my read-them-all-in-sequence silliness for my relative apathy to the Christmas books and instead cock an eye at Dickens and his audaciously-indistinct narrative elements. Okay, so I'm not accusing the man of being lazy, but just how many tales of spiritual seasonal self-realisation does he expect us to endure before it all feels a bit familiar? Well five apparently. Good move to stop right there.

helsbelles's review against another edition

3.0
challenging mysterious sad slow-paced

rwalker's review against another edition

3.75
challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

declann's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
A marvellous tale

elisabeth_barber's review against another edition

2.0
Well, that was incredibly tedious.

irene_chesnokova's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Complicated

jowmy4's review against another edition

3.25
dark emotional hopeful 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: Complicated
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wigstown's review against another edition

3.0
Not prime Dickens. I never could connect with Redlaw or the ghosts of his Christmases. Some of the descriptions were wonderful, but they went on and on, sort of like the 87-year-old father Swidger. My remembrance of this story will probably be short.

haleysdad's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced