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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
sad
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
Sentimental and touching, with an abundance of lovely scenes and minimal plot.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Oh my god, I loved this book so much. "We must act the play out!"
challenging
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I liked the first 40%. It was engaging and loved fast enough for me to stay engaged. I laughed out loud a couple times. Then I hit 45% and it slowed way down and I lost all interest or motivation to read it. It takes half the book to get married twice. I started reading at speed then, having switched the audiobook. His writing is good but verbose and florid and his pacing is slow. Dickens and I will never be friends. I had to convince myself not to dnf this book (and I don’t dnf books as a rule)
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
adventurous
slow-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
A rich and heartfelt journey from boyhood to maturity. The many, many characters are memorable (if mostly one-dimensional), and you can’t help but feel emotionally invested in each phase of David’s life. Despite its length, this is a satisfying book, worthy of its status as a classic.
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Edit: I read this book as a prerequisite for [b:Demon Copperhead|60194162|Demon Copperhead|Barbara Kingsolver|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1660050779l/60194162._SY75_.jpg|94935539], which I’m now about 50% done with — and I’m so glad I did. [b:Demon Copperhead|60194162|Demon Copperhead|Barbara Kingsolver|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1660050779l/60194162._SY75_.jpg|94935539] is so far staying extremely true to [b:David Copperfield|58696|David Copperfield|Charles Dickens|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1461452762l/58696._SY75_.jpg|4711940]’s plot & characters, and it has been extremely enjoyable to read the two books back to back. If you have the patience to read the two books together, I can’t recommend it highly enough!
What a ride of a novel. Reading this feels like one of those very long days. The ones that you remember what you did that morning, but it feels like it was yesterday, or two days ago? As Dickens wrapped all of his storylines at the end I kept thinking, oh, yeah! That happened in this novel! Especially when he would bring up Mr. Murdstone aka pure evil.
The middle dragged a bit but Dickens’ writing, as usual, is so beautiful and surprising and funny that I can’t blame him for going on and on. Things picked up again around 3/4 of the way and the ending was totally satisfying.
I love his unique characters and the narrator of this audiobook did a fantastic job with all the voices and accents. I think my favorite part might have been the donkeys.
The middle dragged a bit but Dickens’ writing, as usual, is so beautiful and surprising and funny that I can’t blame him for going on and on. Things picked up again around 3/4 of the way and the ending was totally satisfying.
I love his unique characters and the narrator of this audiobook did a fantastic job with all the voices and accents. I think my favorite part might have been the donkeys.
It has only taken me 50 years to get around to reading David Copperfield – my copy of the book was a good-work prize that I received at school in 1970 and for half a century it sat on my bookshelf unloved and unread. But what a wonderful, sad, happy, funny and descriptive story story it is. I should have read it years ago. I'm laughing out loud in one chapter and holding back the tears in the next. Brilliant!