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Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
2.0
If you've enjoyed past Charles Dickens books, then you'll probably enjoy this one. If you're not too bothered about the author, then don't start here.
It would be easy to give this book a good rating, both because that's what I naturally want to do, but also because it ended well - Charles Dickens has a way of tying all loose ends of a novel into the most beautiful bow. There was also an air of mystery around one of the subplots which was fun to unravel, though a bit anticlimatic.
However, it took me a long time to get into the book and to begin caring about the characters, and even today I do not understand or care about the history of catholics vs. protestants - one of the main premises of the novel. As well, one thing that has not aged well is calling somebody with learning disabilities an idiot and various other rude terms, even though he was an endearing character whom the book was named after.
It would be easy to give this book a good rating, both because that's what I naturally want to do, but also because it ended well - Charles Dickens has a way of tying all loose ends of a novel into the most beautiful bow. There was also an air of mystery around one of the subplots which was fun to unravel, though a bit anticlimatic.
However, it took me a long time to get into the book and to begin caring about the characters, and even today I do not understand or care about the history of catholics vs. protestants - one of the main premises of the novel. As well, one thing that has not aged well is calling somebody with learning disabilities an idiot and various other rude terms, even though he was an endearing character whom the book was named after.