Comments on: Great Expectations – Book Review

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:57:27 +0000

Trish, I like his dry sense of humor – and I know a lot of people LOVE this book. I think I wasn’t in the mood to read this type of literature. I like some of Dicken’s other books.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:01:19 +0000

Ohhh, bummer. I really liked this one EXCEPT the ending. Dickens takes a little time getting into for me, but I love his humor (kind of dry…like my own). Our Mutual Friend is a good one, but its 800+ pages. Ha!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:37:07 +0000

Chain reader…I had heard that was the case with some of these early writers! And yes, it explains a lot *laughing* I felt a lot of the verbiage could have been taken out and then I probably would have loved it…because the story itself was great; and some of the characters were so memorable. But, it just dragged for me in the middle!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:36:00 +0000

I have to admit that I loved Great Expectations! I will admit it’s wordy, but there is so much humor in Dicken’s writing, that I love every minute of it. Someone once told me that authors of that time were paid by the word, which explains a lot, doesn’t it!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:07:06 +0000

Raidergirl: Yes, I’m in that challenge … which is one of the reasons I persevered with Great Expectations! I’m glad to have read it, but I won’t do it again

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:57:39 +0000

well, at least now you’ve read it. Sometimes even when I haven’t enjoyed a ‘classic’ I’m pleased with having got through it. And sometimes it is your mood too.
Are you reading Dangerously this year?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:14:59 +0000

Jill and Amy – thanks for your comments. Amy, you might like it…I know several readers who love it – it just wasn’t my cup of tea (and maybe it was the mood I was in…I didn’t feel like working so hard to read right now!).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:30:14 +0000

I have A Tale of Two Cities planned for 2008. I know I have read it before but can’t remember it.
I have no immediate plans to read this one. Less so, now.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:17:02 +0000

Good for you for finishing this one. My friend Phoebe (KnitHappened) is trying to get through it too. I tried to read Dickens in the past, but I get impatient with the wordy prose.
=) Jill