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Hard Times

Charles Dickens

3.33 AVERAGE

ishbelalice's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thestoryofaz's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

juggernaut's review against another edition

3.0

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Typical Dickens. No place for happy endings.

oneardentstudybuddy's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hooksforeverything's review against another edition

3.0

challenging funny medium-paced

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shesjamesevans's review against another edition

3.0

My first Dickens!!! I have to admit I had a really hard time (pun) with this book at the beginning. It was dragging and boring, and repetitive. Sometime it felt like a children’s book, the ones you repeat words and sentences over and over to the point it sounds like a song.

But then it picks up. Maybe the intro is dull because characters are kind of horrendous and yes, the point of FACTS was very very VERY made.

By the time the children are grown I found the story more interesting and I really got caught up. I guess I was needing stuff actually happening than just the repetitive setting of the world. So it was a hard beginning but I enjoyed it.

I do have to admit that while I don’t have favourite genres, I notice that British Classics are the ones that I struggle the most. Not enough for it to become my least favourite... but...