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A Christmas Carol (Kidung Natal) by Charles Dickens

35 reviews

oceanwriter's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful inspiring 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: Yes

It's not Christmas for me until I've watched or read some rendition of A Christmas Carol. I've come to appreciate the original book more and more over the years. It's no wonder it's a classic that's been done over and over again.

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sophiemartin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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: Yes

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laurataylor's review against another edition

3.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lost_eden_mist's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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fyre_flies's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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ran_sophia's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

I really enjoyed the book because of the great writing and storytelling style. The end of the story was very well written. I also liked how the author pictured and critiqued some of the character traits of people.

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irishere's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Lovely read! The book highlights a lot of issues of Ebenezer's self that a lot of the wealthy population shared at the time it was set. Dickens is a wonderful writer and I always look forward to reading his stories. however, would've rated higher if I analysed it in different context

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jfield351's review against another edition

2.0

inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I started and finished this book on the 27th of January as part of the Dymocks challenge, planning to use it as part of the ‘award-winning books’. however upon further research i realised that the book itself never received an award, only the author and the movie. I’ve already seen the movie and was familiar with the story but if i wasn’t then I’m not sure if i would have liked or understood this book. It was written in the late eighteen hundreds so the language is different and took me a moment to understand. This, and possibly the fact that I was tired when reading it made it a little hard to read. The character development (of how scrooge instantly realises that he can be better) is a bit unbelievable but I dont think it was meant to be believable, just thought inspiring. Which it was. 2.25 stars

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