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A review by pinksreads
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, George Woodcock
4.0
Quite the heartbreaking story.
Reading this along with Les Miserables was honestly an experience and a half, because of all that I learned about the terror inflicted by different eras of the French Revolution. Stories of love, stories of war, stories of poverty and grandeur, all merged so seamlessly to form this book.
Best parts of the book: the epic beginning of the story, character introduction of Dr. Manette through his account at the Bastille, the intertwining of Jerry Cruncher's gravedigging exploits with the events unfolding in Paris, Carton's last words, how literally everything came full circle in the end.
Sometimes, the writing dragged on, but I've been told that that's just Dickens in this book. Makes me wonder how the lovers of his general writing style received this book. I would've liked a little more in-depth character development for Darnay, and more insight into Mr. Lorry's life because hewas such a wholesome character played such an integral part in the historical context, with his frequent travels between England and France. Otherwise, this book does it.
A solid 3.75 stars from me!
Reading this along with Les Miserables was honestly an experience and a half, because of all that I learned about the terror inflicted by different eras of the French Revolution. Stories of love, stories of war, stories of poverty and grandeur, all merged so seamlessly to form this book.
Spoiler
Sydney Carton has more personality than Charles Darnay, fight me. But honestly, we never saw much of Charles Darnay except his trial in the beginning and his 'nobleness' across several scenes like respect for the Manettes, immediate response to his assistant's letter of distress, abandoning his flawed aristocracy etc. But that's such a 2D way of writing a character. He's good, we know. What next?Best parts of the book: the epic beginning of the story, character introduction of Dr. Manette through his account at the Bastille, the intertwining of Jerry Cruncher's gravedigging exploits with the events unfolding in Paris, Carton's last words, how literally everything came full circle in the end.
Sometimes, the writing dragged on, but I've been told that that's just Dickens in this book. Makes me wonder how the lovers of his general writing style received this book. I would've liked a little more in-depth character development for Darnay, and more insight into Mr. Lorry's life because he
A solid 3.75 stars from me!