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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
Teeters under the weight of its narrative a bit, a sort of mystery plot in the vein of some of Dickens' other later-period works, but per usual, it ties the narrative threads up nicely by the end.
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
I'm calling this one a draw and putting it away. Dickens seems unusually snide and cynical in his last full book, and that is quite refreshing, but circumstances led me to a discontinuous read, jumbled and out of order, so I have lost the pleasure of it. Chuck gets all his usual ironies, jollities and enmities into this one... and so goes another classic. But, you know, you get along in your life and you read six or eight of his novels and then, what? It's time to pull out of 1860 and get back to the disasters of the present day. By all means, if you haven't gotten enough Dickens this one is certainly worthy (Hard Times--maybe not) but if you've been sated by Bleak House, Expectations, Copperfield or the others, you won't require this word feast for sustenance.
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-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