A review by lindseysparks
Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens

1.0

Dear god I'm glad that's finally over. Is thos how most people feel reading any Dickens??? This was a mess. The first 200 pages were awful. Even everyone who likes this seems to admit those pages drag. Then it finally got more interesting, but by then I'd forgotten who half of the people were and why I should care. So it dragged again. Then there was a time jump and and actual plot appeared! Too bad I still didn't remember most of the characters. The scenes of the riot were riveting, but confusing. This may have all been me because of forgetting people, but it was hard to figure out what was going on and why people were doing certain things. There were just too many forgettable characters and the storylines weren't compelling enough. I feel like there was more desperation here than in his other books. There are flashes of brilliance but as a whole it was not an enjoyable read.