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A review by veelaughtland
Complete Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens
3.0
This was an interesting collection of short stories, some considerably shorter than others. It was interesting to see that some of the stories had been taken from Dickens' full-length novels, as I couldn't imagine them tying into a longer text in any way!
There were some stories however that I found quite hard to get through in comparison to others. When I picked this up, it was on Christmas Day specifically so I could read 'A Christmas Carol', even though this was not the first short story in the collection. I then went back to the beginning to read the rest. I enjoyed 'A Christmas Carol', although it was by no means the best story in the collection. My personal favourites were 'A Madman's Manuscript', 'The Ghost in the Bride's Chamber', 'The Trial for Murder', and 'Captain Murderer and the Devil's Bargain'. 'A Child's Dream of a Star' was also very melancholy and beautiful.
If you like Dickens' humorous style of writing, I would definitely recommend picking this up. You won't always like every story in a collection like this, but it's worth reading for the ones you do like!
There were some stories however that I found quite hard to get through in comparison to others. When I picked this up, it was on Christmas Day specifically so I could read 'A Christmas Carol', even though this was not the first short story in the collection. I then went back to the beginning to read the rest. I enjoyed 'A Christmas Carol', although it was by no means the best story in the collection. My personal favourites were 'A Madman's Manuscript', 'The Ghost in the Bride's Chamber', 'The Trial for Murder', and 'Captain Murderer and the Devil's Bargain'. 'A Child's Dream of a Star' was also very melancholy and beautiful.
If you like Dickens' humorous style of writing, I would definitely recommend picking this up. You won't always like every story in a collection like this, but it's worth reading for the ones you do like!