A review by remjunior
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

3.0

Well Oliver, it was fun. Mostly. I loved A Tale of Two Cities, hated Great Expectations, and sort-of-liked Oliver Twist. I understand the point of the novel, and there were some parts that were so exquisitely written as to make me wonder where the beautiful writing of the English language has gone, but most of it was kind of....meh. Oliver was naive, honest, and good in the beginning of the novel and he was naive, honest, and good at the end of the novel.

I just don't think these types of books appeal to modern day readers as much as they did 150 years ago. There is a lot of beauty in the horrid scenes that are depicted by Dickens in this novel, but it just wasn't that much fun for me. That isn't to say that I don't understand why others love this novel or that there aren't great things about it.

I just thought it was okay, especially when compared with some of his later novels where he became a bit more serious.