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A review by romankurys
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
3.0
Rating this book was very difficult for me. I liked Dickens' "Pickwick Papers" and "Oliver Twist" so this was the next read on my list and oh boy was I conflicted.
Characters: 4
Setting: 2
Plot: 3
Total: 3 Stars
Characters were probably the best part of the story and it was due to Dickens writing style more then he actual characters. I find Dickens irony very funny. Plenty of times through the book I found myself laughing out loud so naturally I got attached to Nicholas and Smike and the ever good Brothers, really all of them even the villains. It was fun to read about what would happen to them next.
Setting was the most lackluster. I think if Dickens took them all out and stuck them on the moon, or in the middle of France, or south eastern side of Minnesota I would have cared less...
Now the plot is where my indecisions came onto me hard. Dickens has a LOT of parallel stories happening in this book and I didn't feel like he wrapped them all up in a way I would have liked.
Also this book is LONG! As much as I enjoyed it, and I did, I had to split it into a trilogy and read other books in between. (Maybe that's why it was released as a serial, I don't know). For someone who's not sure if they would like Dickens writing style, this would not be a good book to start with.
All in all I though it was a good and solid 3 stars.
Roman "Ragnar"
Characters: 4
Setting: 2
Plot: 3
Total: 3 Stars
Characters were probably the best part of the story and it was due to Dickens writing style more then he actual characters. I find Dickens irony very funny. Plenty of times through the book I found myself laughing out loud so naturally I got attached to Nicholas and Smike and the ever good Brothers, really all of them even the villains. It was fun to read about what would happen to them next.
Setting was the most lackluster. I think if Dickens took them all out and stuck them on the moon, or in the middle of France, or south eastern side of Minnesota I would have cared less...
Now the plot is where my indecisions came onto me hard. Dickens has a LOT of parallel stories happening in this book and I didn't feel like he wrapped them all up in a way I would have liked.
Also this book is LONG! As much as I enjoyed it, and I did, I had to split it into a trilogy and read other books in between. (Maybe that's why it was released as a serial, I don't know). For someone who's not sure if they would like Dickens writing style, this would not be a good book to start with.
All in all I though it was a good and solid 3 stars.
Roman "Ragnar"