A review by nincrony1
Oliver Twist by Gerald Dickens, Charles Dickens, Philip Horne

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It’s hard to argue with the status of Oliver Twist and its wide ranging influence. I can only really report back on how I felt about reading it in 2023. The first two thirds I really enjoyed but personally I felt when Oliver was no longer the focus of the story I sort of lost interest, his storyline resolving too neatly and too early. That aside, as a chronicle of the terrible state of the working class in 1800s London, it’s still devastatingly cruel and difficult to read even now.