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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Someone should really look into this Charles Dickens guy he’s pretty good
It was the best of books, it was the worst of books, it was a book I loved (peasants licking wine from the streets of Paris and the general horror of the revolution) it was a book I loathed (too much sympathy for the aristos and the women are monster or saints). It was filled with sentences of eloquence (Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Sow the same seeds of rapacious licence and oppression over again, and it will surely yield the same fruit according to its kind.). It was filled with sentences of tediousness (There was no pause, no pity, no peace, no interval of relenting rest, no measurement of time. Though days and nights circled as regularly as when time was young, and the evening and the morning were the first day, other count of time there was none.),
Anyway overall too verbose, a good editor could chop it down considerably, but then Dickens was paid by the episode - so its not a surprise. Too unsubtle; Mr Striver, Jerry Cruncher et al, saintly Lucy & the gory Defarges. Much better all round to watch the film with Dirk Bogarde. I'll rate it a 3 - because best outweighed worst.
Anyway overall too verbose, a good editor could chop it down considerably, but then Dickens was paid by the episode - so its not a surprise. Too unsubtle; Mr Striver, Jerry Cruncher et al, saintly Lucy & the gory Defarges. Much better all round to watch the film with Dirk Bogarde. I'll rate it a 3 - because best outweighed worst.
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Very different from Dickens' other books, yet still him through and through. A masterpiece.
I am a huge Dickens fan, and for the last 100 pages I stayed up til 1 am to finish the book because I could not put it down!
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
slow-paced
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Read this to give dickens a second chance and was a fkn slog to get through BUT those last 50 pages really made me feel things so I think this rating is warranted
