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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
sad
slow-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
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
I struggled through this book due to the length, small font size, older language. It wasn’t a very gripping storyline and I kept getting the characters muddled up. Even just after finishing it I couldn’t say what it was about. I wanted to read it as I haven’t read a Charles Dickens before and it’s a well known story.
Read with the assistance of audiobook! I enjoyed this novel a lot more than Oliver Twist and I could see that Dickens had improved his characterization since then, but Dickens’s portrayal of young women was questionable at points. What interesting antagonists as well! Mrs. Trotwood was my favourite character!
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
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Starting the University Reading List. So it begins...
I will soon be drowning under the pile of compulsory reading, but I enjoyed this! I really did not enjoy Bleak House, as it felt like a battle to get through. So, I'm relieved this has not felt like a war of attrition...
This is a chunky, chunky book, as it tells of almost the entire life of David Copperfield, from when he was born to his life at home, his education, first jobs, first loves and so much more to far nearer the end of his life. Whilst it is intimate and small in scale, it feels like an epic. Of course, the length contributes to this, but Dickens makes the evocative scenes jump in your mind. You feel the fear, the shock or the joy of the characters when certain events unfold. In that sense, it was brilliant.
At times, the over-the top, hyper nature of some of the characters got on my nerves. They felt too extreme to be real, and really slowed the story down when they were on the page. Luckily, a character who was not like this, in my opinion, was David Copperfield himself. He is a character you are rooting for, and hoping for fate to go in his favour. You feel his countless tragedies, and love it when he gets a time of respite.
4/5 STARS
My personal BookTube channel - William Gwynne
Starting the University Reading List. So it begins...
I will soon be drowning under the pile of compulsory reading, but I enjoyed this! I really did not enjoy Bleak House, as it felt like a battle to get through. So, I'm relieved this has not felt like a war of attrition...
This is a chunky, chunky book, as it tells of almost the entire life of David Copperfield, from when he was born to his life at home, his education, first jobs, first loves and so much more to far nearer the end of his life. Whilst it is intimate and small in scale, it feels like an epic. Of course, the length contributes to this, but Dickens makes the evocative scenes jump in your mind. You feel the fear, the shock or the joy of the characters when certain events unfold. In that sense, it was brilliant.
At times, the over-the top, hyper nature of some of the characters got on my nerves. They felt too extreme to be real, and really slowed the story down when they were on the page. Luckily, a character who was not like this, in my opinion, was David Copperfield himself. He is a character you are rooting for, and hoping for fate to go in his favour. You feel his countless tragedies, and love it when he gets a time of respite.
4/5 STARS