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A review by violinknitter
The Chimes by Charles Dickens
2.0
Ugh. Seriously? Dickens is the worst sometimes. Supposedly "good" bell spirits convince a man he's died & then torture him by showing him his daughter's life slowly going so much to hell that she is going to jump into an icy river with her newborn baby & DIE? And then, when the man realizes he hasn't died after all and his daughter's life hasn't gone to hell, he THANKS the spirits for their MERCIFUL interaction with him? I don't know whether to scream or throw up.
Two stars because even bad Dickens is frighteningly good at showing the hopelessness of deep poverty.
Two stars because even bad Dickens is frighteningly good at showing the hopelessness of deep poverty.