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Between Thanksgiving and Christmas my reading pace ground to a halt. Thanks a lot Dick...........ens!
This is a long book, but I've read longer ones that didn't seem half as long as Bleak House. Saharan-esque stretches of plodding plot didn't help. But more than that, this book suffers from having too much character, and characters with character, characterful characters with character to spare and well, you get the point.
By the time Dickens had written Bleak House he'd experienced almost every ...more
This is a long book, but I've read longer ones that didn't seem half as long as Bleak House. Saharan-esque stretches of plodding plot didn't help. But more than that, this book suffers from having too much character, and characters with character, characterful characters with character to spare and well, you get the point.
By the time Dickens had written Bleak House he'd experienced almost every ...more
I echo several other reviews when I say that this book took me three months to read, but it was definitely worth it. I love Dickens' descriptions, and all the weird, hilarious minor characters he created. I disagree with most, however, in that I truly came to dislike Esther, the only character who speaks to us directly. Everyone seems to love her, but she got on my nerves. Don't hate me, friends. I'm just expressing my opinion about a great work of literature. I know, I know, this is a classic o
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Apr 03, 2014
J. Lynn
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it was amazing
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i feel like i should get one of those medals they give to marathon runners for finishing this book.
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