Great Expectations Book Review
Basic Info:
Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel; a bildungsroman that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. Wikipedia
Originally published: 1861Author: Charles DickensGenre: NovelPage count: 544 (first edition 1861)Characters: Miss Havisham, Pip, Estella, Abel Magwitch, moreAdaptations: Great Expectations (2012), more
Review:
This book is very famous in schools in England, a classic, whatever. And so I bought this book some time ago, but had never read it, until a few weeks ago when I had nothing to read and was bored as hell, and figured that anything was better than nothing, and so I just opened it, and started to read it.
I took a long time to get through this one, as many passages were just boring. There are several points for and against this book.
For: The characters were really well developed, and deep, and you really felt for them, whether good or evil. My favorite was probably Joe, with his simple code of honor and kindness.
Against: There was too much boring dialogue, and the overall Victorian style of the novel was just annoying, and pushed me off. Some plot twists or points were just a bit too coincidental for me, as was Estella and Miss Havisham's characters.
So overall, and OK book, but boring in places. My rating is 5/10, or on Goodreads, 2/5.
Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel; a bildungsroman that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. Wikipedia
Originally published: 1861Author: Charles DickensGenre: NovelPage count: 544 (first edition 1861)Characters: Miss Havisham, Pip, Estella, Abel Magwitch, moreAdaptations: Great Expectations (2012), more
Review:
This book is very famous in schools in England, a classic, whatever. And so I bought this book some time ago, but had never read it, until a few weeks ago when I had nothing to read and was bored as hell, and figured that anything was better than nothing, and so I just opened it, and started to read it.
I took a long time to get through this one, as many passages were just boring. There are several points for and against this book.
For: The characters were really well developed, and deep, and you really felt for them, whether good or evil. My favorite was probably Joe, with his simple code of honor and kindness.
Against: There was too much boring dialogue, and the overall Victorian style of the novel was just annoying, and pushed me off. Some plot twists or points were just a bit too coincidental for me, as was Estella and Miss Havisham's characters.
So overall, and OK book, but boring in places. My rating is 5/10, or on Goodreads, 2/5.
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