msgtdameron 's review for:

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
5.0
challenging dark emotional 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: No

I really enjoyed this Dickens work, but the first 250 pages are very very maudlin.  Even by DIckensian standards of bad things happen to the lead character poor David takes the cake.  This does mean that the good that happens to Copperfield are that much better.  But be warned that first 250 pages is going to be a REAL downer.