I enjoyed A Christmas Carol well enough. I got bored by the other stories though and stopped reading. But I’m counting this anyway because I read the titular story, and I’m so far behind on my reading challenge this year that I have resorted to fudging things

To be honest, I gave the book 3 stars only because of “A Christmas Carol”, that’s a splendid, masterfully written story. Unfortunately, the rest of the stories were disappointing - dull and tedious.

3.5

Es disfrutable, las historias estan buenas y tienen mensajes simples.

Si encontré que regularmente por como está escrito hay veces que es confuso cuando hace referencia a varias personas o es simplemente muy exagerado en las reacciones.

Pero más allá de eso me gustaron bastante las historias y me pareció entretenido ( de hecho más de lo que esperaba) e interesante de leer como clásico.

Desafortunadamente mi sospecha de que la historia que más me gustaría sería A Christmas Carol se cumplió y eso me dejó un poco decepcionada ( no tanto por las historias sino que me parece mal planeamiento dejar la mejor historia al principio).

Un buen libto para terminar el año y en concordancia con la época.
hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
slow-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

Magnificent. I'm particularly fond of "What Christmas Is, As We Grow Older". And, of course, "A Christmas Carol" is one of the greatest prose works in the language.
emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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