A review by mtmarriott
Hard Times by Charles Dickens

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Gonna start a Dickens kick this year, made sense to begin with his shortest novel (at least for me). Pretty good and I think there’s potential for a modern retelling of this story as opposed to doing Oliver Twist or Great Expectations for the 1000000th time but I can also see why it’s seen as lesser Dickens.