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helenafaustina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Violence, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Classism
Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Genocide, Medical content, Child death, and Physical abuse
Minor: Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Cursing
Nothing is inappropriate, but should be for a more mature audience, good for high school.wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Cry count: 2
Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Self harm, Torture, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Racism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Blood, Child death, Classism, Genocide, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence
ayphyx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child death, and Classism
argamnials's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
The characters are excellently written - Sydney Carton is one of my new favorite characters in literature, as is Madame Defarge. Mr. Lorry is a fantastic foil to the passion of those two, with the English sensibility turned to 10. I do think that Dickens does what most writers of the 18th and 19th centuries do, which is to exalt some characters to pure virtue - it works sometimes better than others, and in this case Dr. Manette and Lucy are both infallible. It creates good tension with the forces outside of their control, but also makes them feel just like set pieces, although set pieces around which a fantastic story are told.
Only taking away quarter star, due to the Manette's (Lucy especially) feeling 1 dimensional. Contrasting with the other characters, she just felt like a character who was an object for love, who was interesting only in that she's sad and beautiful.
4.75 stars for me - a book that has lasted in memory for all this time for a reason.
Beware of furiously knitting women.
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Violence
halaagmod's review against another edition
Full of flat and annoying characters, dry and longwinded paragraphs drone on for pages about absolutely nothing, horrible pacing, pointless conflicts, coupled with a love triangle that really adds nothing to the plot and makes no sense when the whole point is the characters being caught up in the middle of the French Revolution. It's clear Dickens was more concerned with his writing and making the story sound good when reading aloud than making an interesting and coherent story with any level of depth.
It's probably a classic for a reason, but honestly
Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Misogyny
quixie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Child death, Gore, and Gun violence
Minor: Alcohol
acogna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Child death
silverthorn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Rape
jobaji's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Classism, Death, and Mental illness
rossiell's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Alcohol, and Blood
Moderate: Alcoholism, Slavery, Violence, Mental illness, and Child death
Minor: Confinement, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death of parent, and Dementia