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A review by beasleysbooks
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
1.0
DNF @37%
I’m still not very good at DNFing books I don’t like because I’m usually the type to push through even when I don’t like something. I’m hoping 2019 brings a stronger Eden who is able to say no and BE OKAY WITH IT.
The summary of this book sounds fantastic. Mystery concerning a book and the writing community? Count me in! Or not… I did like the idea of this book and how history was used. I honestly don’t know a lot about Charles Dickens and have only read part of Oliver Twist, so learning more about him was cool! It was the writing and execution of the plot that had me nodding off and pushing this book away.
It took me 50 pages to figure out who the main characters were supposed to be. Osgood is the main character I would say, but when I first met him I thought he was just a stepping stone to getting to the protagonist. That shouldn’t be! They’re also trying to do some romance thing that I just can’t deal with. The characters feel like they have no CHARACTER. How? What? Why?
I kind of skimmed the rest of the book to see if things would start to make sense. All in all, I don’t think I missed out on much by DNFing this.
I’m still not very good at DNFing books I don’t like because I’m usually the type to push through even when I don’t like something. I’m hoping 2019 brings a stronger Eden who is able to say no and BE OKAY WITH IT.
The summary of this book sounds fantastic. Mystery concerning a book and the writing community? Count me in! Or not… I did like the idea of this book and how history was used. I honestly don’t know a lot about Charles Dickens and have only read part of Oliver Twist, so learning more about him was cool! It was the writing and execution of the plot that had me nodding off and pushing this book away.
It took me 50 pages to figure out who the main characters were supposed to be. Osgood is the main character I would say, but when I first met him I thought he was just a stepping stone to getting to the protagonist. That shouldn’t be! They’re also trying to do some romance thing that I just can’t deal with. The characters feel like they have no CHARACTER. How? What? Why?
I kind of skimmed the rest of the book to see if things would start to make sense. All in all, I don’t think I missed out on much by DNFing this.