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mearka's review against another edition
Nie mowie ze świetna książka,nie mowie ze zła książka.
morganniemarie's review against another edition
5.0
I have a personal tradition of reading this each year if possible, but I’ve missed the last couple of years. I’m so glad I read it again this year - the story never gets old no matter how many times I read it (or hear it). This time I listened to the audiobook by Jim Dale and it was narrated beautifully. I read the book while listening for the last staves, also. I love experiencing the story in a new way.
mahalekshmi_v's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars
this book brought back some memories of childhood. I remember having to read this story as a kid back in school. I had loved it then and i love it now.
This short novel teaches to be selfless and to be always kind to our fellow humans. Also Scrooge shows us that its never late to change.
Now i want to reread this for the christmas season
this book brought back some memories of childhood. I remember having to read this story as a kid back in school. I had loved it then and i love it now.
This short novel teaches to be selfless and to be always kind to our fellow humans. Also Scrooge shows us that its never late to change.
Now i want to reread this for the christmas season
la_ravenreader's review against another edition
4.0
A Christmas classic for a reason. Although, I've heard and seen the story many times I'm glad to finally have read it. There were a lot of interesting tidbits that were missed in the versions I've seen.
ewans's review against another edition
5.0
Simply one of the greatest stories ever. P.J. Lynch's illustrations in this edition are absolutely gorgeous.
emilyb_chicago's review against another edition
3.0
It is such a familiar story that I am amazed it took me so long to actually read it. I was most surprised at how accurate most of the re-tellings are. Definitely worth picking up if you haven't read it, it is a short, quick read.
nadjad16's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
faithtrustpixiedust's review against another edition
5.0
No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty.
This was surprisingly quite funny! The narration was done in that particular style that seems to have been largely abandoned by modern authors: third-person told from a first-person non-character narrator. I love this style! Many of my favorite classics (Peter Pan, The Chronicles of Narnia, etc) are told in this style, and it always lends itself a storybook quality that is sorely lacking in today's literature.
The story itself was something I am at this point extremely familiar with, as it has permeated all corners of Western civilization at this point, but still, there were some things that are often excluded in most adaptations, such as the children of mankind:
"They are Man's," said the Spirit, looking down upon them. "And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware of them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased."(Except for that one with Jim Carrey, but it added that weird chase scene.) Those parts not oft-explored were really interesting and added a great deal of meaning to the story.
I am quite glad I read this. This was my first Dickens experience and it has fully convinced me that I really need to read more classics! Time to read them instead of watching their BBC Masterpiece Classics adaptations!
"There are some upon this earth of yours," returned the Spirit, "who claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us, and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived."
broncos22's review against another edition
5.0
The book is different then the movie but some of the stuff is the same!