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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
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:
No
This is a fantastic audiobook. Great narration.
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
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:
Yes
Long but well worth finishing.
I feel very sad to have not gotten far into a Dickens book. It’s well written and engaging, but too triggering for me. There are 28 hrs left of the audiobook and I just can’t put myself through it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Abandonment
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
slow-paced
This was a reread, well a re re re re read I suppose, I have read it a few times over the years.
I was looking at some reviews here and the main thing that people seem to knock it for is its long-windedness. I totally get that Dickens serialised it and was published and paid for in a way that encouraged verbosity. But I love this.
I read David Copperfield this time on holiday. We were snowed in, we had no wifi or internet signal, there was no TV signal, we were miles from the nearest road and had enough supplies to see us through until we were rescued quite some days later. We had a huge roaring fire and I settled down to read.
Even if that hadn’t been the case, I love long books where a story meanders, stops, smells the flowers, digresses, loses itself, forgets where it was going and finds the path again. I like being told what a room looks like, how a town carries on its daily routine, long descriptions of folk..I don’t tend to enjoy fast fiction. I love to immerse myself in a book and have time to live in it. Reading a good book is a long pleasure.
I guess the time frame I read this in doesn’t match what I have just said, but it was a total immersion and it kept me amused during a little spell of what is commonly known as post holiday blues.
Anyway, Dickens is a manipulative writer. His women are a little annoying.. the goodies are angels, the baddies are physically flawed old hags… and yet.. and yet… I still love this book and most of his books. This one is bloomin’ fantastic
I was looking at some reviews here and the main thing that people seem to knock it for is its long-windedness. I totally get that Dickens serialised it and was published and paid for in a way that encouraged verbosity. But I love this.
I read David Copperfield this time on holiday. We were snowed in, we had no wifi or internet signal, there was no TV signal, we were miles from the nearest road and had enough supplies to see us through until we were rescued quite some days later. We had a huge roaring fire and I settled down to read.
Even if that hadn’t been the case, I love long books where a story meanders, stops, smells the flowers, digresses, loses itself, forgets where it was going and finds the path again. I like being told what a room looks like, how a town carries on its daily routine, long descriptions of folk..I don’t tend to enjoy fast fiction. I love to immerse myself in a book and have time to live in it. Reading a good book is a long pleasure.
I guess the time frame I read this in doesn’t match what I have just said, but it was a total immersion and it kept me amused during a little spell of what is commonly known as post holiday blues.
Anyway, Dickens is a manipulative writer. His women are a little annoying.. the goodies are angels, the baddies are physically flawed old hags… and yet.. and yet… I still love this book and most of his books. This one is bloomin’ fantastic
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
This was difficult to read. It took a while to get all the way through it. However, it was a good story and was definitely interesting to read.