starwarrior91 's review for:

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

3.75

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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With classics I ask myself if I feel like a better person for having read the book. Here I can definitely answer yes to that question. It’s not the greatest novel I’ve ever read, but I will say by the final 50 or so pages plot threads were (finally) wrapped up in ways I didn’t expect and the ending was incredibly powerful. Dickens views on the French Revolution and mob rule are a marked departure from how we understand the Revolution today. Not that The Terror didn’t happen of course, but I honestly found Madame Defarge to be a sympathetic villain which I’m sure Dickens didn’t intend. But come on, how BA is knitting while watching people being guillotined?