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Amazing story! Love this classic and was great as a spooky winter tale
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
fast-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
Such a heart-warming story. I knew the basic idea of the book from all the references to it in tv, but I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. One that I'll read again and again in Christmases to come.
inspiring
mysterious
tense
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
A great narrative and one I hope to revisit in Christmases to come. Dickens’ lyrical and reflective prose leaves me without a doubt as to why this is a beloved tale.
Also shout out to the audible exclusive of Tim Curry’s performance of A Christmas Carol. It’s amazing.
Also shout out to the audible exclusive of Tim Curry’s performance of A Christmas Carol. It’s amazing.
Read this in high school and loved it, so I decided to reread to get into the Christmas spirit. I forgot how whimsically wonderful this little novel is—festive and timely and honestly still pretty moving. I even shed a little tear at the final line.
My introduction to A Christmas Carol was through, of all things, a videotape of The Flintstones' Christmas Carol, where Dickens' story was told as a theatre production starring Fred Flintstone as Ebeneezer Scrooge. There was a subplot where he wasn't learning his lines or something, and I think the ghosts were real instead of being actors... the story was obviously such a cliché the writers of the Flintstones felt the need to shake up their adaptation.
It is remarkable that the story endures within me at all, considering I can't have been more than 5 years old when I watched it, and I didn't even likethe Flintstones. It's not part of the culture of Christmas for no reason. I'm not even a big lover of 'Christmas spirit' beyond enjoying getting things for free (I got a coffee machine this year!), but Dickens' story temporarily makes me believe in the enduring power of everything yule (which I only just googled as I've only really heard it as an American word for Christmas, apparently it's like a pagan thing?).
It is heartwarming and sickly sweet in a way that isn't bad for your health. Even if you don't like Christmas, you may hate it a little less if you read this story.
It is remarkable that the story endures within me at all, considering I can't have been more than 5 years old when I watched it, and I didn't even likethe Flintstones. It's not part of the culture of Christmas for no reason. I'm not even a big lover of 'Christmas spirit' beyond enjoying getting things for free (I got a coffee machine this year!), but Dickens' story temporarily makes me believe in the enduring power of everything yule (which I only just googled as I've only really heard it as an American word for Christmas, apparently it's like a pagan thing?).
It is heartwarming and sickly sweet in a way that isn't bad for your health. Even if you don't like Christmas, you may hate it a little less if you read this story.
reflective
medium-paced