jnaser 's review for:

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
3.0

This was a strange read for me. It is a classic but the language was really hard to comprehend. It felt different than other Dickens novels. Lots of rambling dialogue and descriptions, and lots of colloquialisms. There were sections in which people were referred to by several different names or descriptions that made it hard to follow. It took me 300 of the 500 pages to really understand what was happening, but then it became a very moving story. By the time I had finished it, I realized the plot was quite complex with several twists, and the ending was quite moving. It was a lot of work, but in the end it was worth it.