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A review by johannaf
The Old Curiosity Shop: A Tale by Charles Dickens
4.0
I've been undertaking a reading challenge this year, and one of the categories was a book that intimidated me. I'd purchased this book a while ago, as I always felt I should read a Dickens. I didn't know anything about the story or the characters, so no misconceptions (I'd never even heard of it!) and the title alone appealed. However, it then sat on my shelf for ages, until this challenge came along.
For a book that I thought was intimidating, I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed the story (or yarn as I described it to a friend), meeting all the characters and watching the various aspects of their lives unfold.
After "living" with the characters for so long, I was disappointed in the ending. I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this and felt a bit deflated. Otherwise, I'm really glad I stumbled across this book, and never having read Dickens before, or knowing anything about this story - I did genuinely enjoy it and didn't find it as intimidating as I thought it would!
For a book that I thought was intimidating, I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed the story (or yarn as I described it to a friend), meeting all the characters and watching the various aspects of their lives unfold.
After "living" with the characters for so long, I was disappointed in the ending. I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this and felt a bit deflated. Otherwise, I'm really glad I stumbled across this book, and never having read Dickens before, or knowing anything about this story - I did genuinely enjoy it and didn't find it as intimidating as I thought it would!