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A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas by CHARLES DICKENS by Charles Dickens
106 reviews
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Child death, Grief
funny
hopeful
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness
Minor: Body horror, Cursing
Death is a major theme and scenarios involving death are described.
A major theme is poverty and people being unempathetic towards poor people.
The cursing is only implied and is minor by today’s standards.
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief
dark
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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:
Yes
I reread this book every Christmas, and I find something new in it every time. Listening to Hugh Grant read it this year added new layers of colour, humour, and heart to one of my favourite Christmas tales. I highly recommend this for older children and families.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death
Minor: Alcohol
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The story of "A Christmas Carol" is known by pretty much everyone and adapted many times. I love reading it at the holidays and honestly get something new out of it every time I reread it.
For those of you who don't know what this book is about, it follows a man named Ebeneezer Scrooge, a cold, grumpy and angry man, as he is visited by three ghosts, and is allowed a chance to reflect on his life and things go from there.
It's absolutely fantastic and I particularly loved this reread because of some things I've been thinking about lately.
If you haven't read this classic Christmas story, I'd highly recommend it, fan of Dickens or not.
For those of you who don't know what this book is about, it follows a man named Ebeneezer Scrooge, a cold, grumpy and angry man, as he is visited by three ghosts, and is allowed a chance to reflect on his life and things go from there.
It's absolutely fantastic and I particularly loved this reread because of some things I've been thinking about lately.
If you haven't read this classic Christmas story, I'd highly recommend it, fan of Dickens or not.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Medical content, Grief
Poverty, classism
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Have seen many movie adaptations, and found the book well worth the read.
Quotes:
"But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile..."
"...to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not just another race of creatures bound on other journeys."
"There are some...who lay claim to know, and who do their deeds of passion, ill-, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remeber that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us."
Quotes:
"But the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile..."
"...to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not just another race of creatures bound on other journeys."
"There are some...who lay claim to know, and who do their deeds of passion, ill-, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remeber that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us."
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Death
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
reflective
fast-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse
Minor: Body horror, Child death, Grief
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief
Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Terminal illness
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I reread this every year and I always find new hidden meaning in the words and themes.
I will keep rereading this as long as I live.
I will keep rereading this as long as I live.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child death, Death