Reviews

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

mon_cy's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

raesansom's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

jessicathedestroyer's review against another edition

3.0

I think that this has the best opening and closing in a book. But the middle was kind of just meh.

kleitos's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

alice666's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wonderful, simply stunning. 

Charles Dickens has crafted a story with heroic but not faultless characters that manages to be elegiac, timeless and heart-wrenching, but more so than that speaks to our collective humanity - what we long for, as well as what we would be willing to give up for the ones we love. 

I will say there are some passages that dragged on. But, when all is said and done, I’m probably going to be thinking about this for a long time to come. 

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.” - Sydney Carton

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

smilesgiggle's review against another edition

5.0

I read this book for the first time at 14. I remember it was to earn honor points for English class. No brainer. Though I was impressed by the story, I felt like I had read my first adult book. I didn't retain the plot - reading it again was a new experience.
Dickens portrays the tragedy of the French poor stomped on by generations by nobility. Starving. Naked. Dying.
La Guillotine gives them power and consumes their humanity.
The Dr's story- heartbreaking. The sacrifice- heartbreaking.
Madame Defarge - a woman scorned. The French Helen of Troy - feeding a revolution with her hatred.

nina_christine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

abhishekjain's review against another edition

4.0

Loved reading it.

jjwhite33's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

onesownroom's review against another edition

reflective sad

4.0