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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Started it because of the French Revolution, stayed for Sydney Carton.
I couldn't care LESS about Lorry, Dr Manette, Lucie, and Charles.
I couldn't care LESS about Lorry, Dr Manette, Lucie, and Charles.
It was the National Razor which shaved close: who kissed La Guillotine looked through the little window and sneezed into the sack.
I dedicate this review to the four Jacques, a former Jacque(s), and Madame Defarge. Vive la République!!!
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Happy Bastille Day - I read this so long ago but I knew I really loved it.
This is a historical fiction that made me love all historical fictions; an epic story about a revolution, sacrifice, and revenge.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!!!
This is a historical fiction that made me love all historical fictions; an epic story about a revolution, sacrifice, and revenge.
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!!!
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This took me a good 200 out of the ~370 pages to finally get into the story, but the payoff was perhaps the best/most well-written ending of a book I have ever read.
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
This is one of those books u hear ab ur whole life until u get fed up and read it and then ur like oh I get why everyone’s been talking about this it’s pretty awesome!
A tale of two cities really involves two countries, and it’s really mostly about France, but, whatever. Actually it’s more about the people.
It starts off with a pair of kings and a pair of queens. Later there are three Jacques ( that’s French for Jacks).
The aristocracy are a house of cards and the Jacques beat the King and Queen and a bunch of folks end up with their head on a poker.
Dr. Manette was reunited with his daughter Lucie, having been imprisoned for years and he was suffering from PTSD. But the Manettes mustered all their strength and mange to catch up with each other and relish their time together in England.
Then Lucie married Darnay who was a French aristocrat.
For some reason they go back to France where Madame Defarge wants them all beheaded but ultimately they can’t be defeated.
In the end -SPOILER- Sid Carton ends up in a box.
And there’s some stuff about a golden thread throughout this yarn, and about shoes.
It starts off with a pair of kings and a pair of queens. Later there are three Jacques ( that’s French for Jacks).
The aristocracy are a house of cards and the Jacques beat the King and Queen and a bunch of folks end up with their head on a poker.
Dr. Manette was reunited with his daughter Lucie, having been imprisoned for years and he was suffering from PTSD. But the Manettes mustered all their strength and mange to catch up with each other and relish their time together in England.
Then Lucie married Darnay who was a French aristocrat.
For some reason they go back to France where Madame Defarge wants them all beheaded but ultimately they can’t be defeated.
In the end -SPOILER- Sid Carton ends up in a box.
And there’s some stuff about a golden thread throughout this yarn, and about shoes.
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
my first charles dickens and better than i anticipated. i was always a bit hesitant of dickens bc so many people love his works and so many people hate his works. i enjoyed this story, though, and sydney carton and madame defarge are such compelling characters. i love them both in vastly different ways. and though i roll my eyes at the plights of rich aristocrats like charles darnay, i enjoy the way dickens depicted the bloodlust of the revolutionaries and the thin line between their righteous fight for freedom and their senseless thirst for revenge against not their perpetrators but anyone who could even faintly resemble them. the degrees of morality and sanity in humanity are compelling themes in the book, and i think they were done well.