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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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onesownroom's review against another edition

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reflective sad

4.0

maxycat's review against another edition

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5.0

Well that was hard.

First Dickens I’ve read in almost a decade and it feels like a gift, even if it’s not everyone’s favourite, it’s still a freakin Dickens!

florella's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced

4.0

hellhound_havoc's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-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? No

chatcha31's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The plot and characters only started making sense halfway through the book. Once there, the whole thing really picks up the pace.

I think the serialised structure and his inclination to jump between various story lines and characters made it difficult to get to grips w the story. It also felt like as a reader I had no idea where the plot was going until halfway. I did really love the final reveals and tie ins of backstory. That was done well, Mr Dickens

Interesting to learn the history of a period I'm unfamiliar with. Sydney Carton unexpected MVP. Mostly I'm just grateful to not live in A) the 1700s B) 1700s France

concontroost's review against another edition

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4.0

it’s got a little kick :,(

in all seriousness, i grew to love dickens’ prose. a few things i wasn’t a fan of in terms of kind of sort of (in my opinion) major events that were glossed over in a mere sentence or two, but the classics stay themselves! did not expect to cry. but alas. also, dickens describing nature??? what? please. want to live in his descriptions.

miss pross=queen

brianbasketball's review against another edition

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4.0

I very much enjoyed the ending third of this book. I quite liked the thrill and building of tension and I think the story was very well thought out. The setting was super cool. The first section of the story took me quite a while to get hooked and seemed to move very slowly but I think part of it is getting accustomed to the style of the time. Looking forward to trying out more classics.