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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
4.5
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes

Surprising courtroom drama.

The best description of men travelling in a stagecoach.  

Writing for a movie scene before people had movies.  

France good, France bad.  

I liked the way it jumped around between characters at the start, because I found each individual story interesting, but I think you have to trust it is going somewhere rather than know it is going somewhere. 

The foreshadowing and patterns in the plot are really good. 

Middle 15% (end of book two) was the weakest for me.  I think we needed more Sydney to make the end make sense. 

I liked Mr Lorry, Sydney, Madame Desparde and Dr Manette.  

I didn’t find Lucie or Darnay as interesting.