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A review by translator_monkey
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
3.0
Three and a half bloated stars.
This took a lot closer to forever to finish than I wish it had. I love Dickens, but this was the third or fourth time really trying to commit to finishing what turned out to be, frankly, an over-long story. Yes, I understand that these sorts of books come from a time when stories were serialized and it was in the author's best interest to stretch it out as long as he/she could, with the requisite cliffhangers. But good lord.
Thankfully, Dickens knows how to spin an often (but not always) compelling yarn. For me, the compulsion was ultimately forcing my way through what sometimes was a slog of a tale. Think of this as Bleak House with a somewhat happier ending.
This took a lot closer to forever to finish than I wish it had. I love Dickens, but this was the third or fourth time really trying to commit to finishing what turned out to be, frankly, an over-long story. Yes, I understand that these sorts of books come from a time when stories were serialized and it was in the author's best interest to stretch it out as long as he/she could, with the requisite cliffhangers. But good lord.
Thankfully, Dickens knows how to spin an often (but not always) compelling yarn. For me, the compulsion was ultimately forcing my way through what sometimes was a slog of a tale. Think of this as Bleak House with a somewhat happier ending.