A review by zenithharpink
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

4.0

This is another winning book from Dickens, though not my favorite-even though it was his. I felt that this story was rich, both with characters and their development, in a way that only Dickens could achieve-but I felt the book could have been edited down, as the pace was a bit slow, and the content of the book was very dense. I found myself getting impatient with the book, a sense I've never had with any of his books, though many are longer than David Copperfield.

By his own admission, Dickens has said that this book was "his favorite child." David ultimately is a novelist, though he meets some bumps and challenges along the way-but I always felt him to be more mild and not quite real. I think he was so sanitized as to not really have much of a personality. In my opinion, he felt very similar to Oliver Twist, who I also felt was a boring dude-it was the characters around him that made the story, and this is no exception here.

Dickens is one of, if not my most, favorite author-and this book was in now way disappointing-it simply could have been...more. For lovers of Dickens, you won't be disappointed, but I'm not sure I'd recommend this to somebody who wants to get a taste of his writing-I would start with Great Expectations or Hard Times for that-both are much more concise but have the winning attributes of Dickens work that make him so beloved.

This book is a great for all lovers of English literature, it should definitely be on everyone's list.