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A review by mer_dont_care
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
5.0
I can’t not rate this book 5 stars after putting in so much time and effort into reading it these past few months. definitely the sum cost fallacy but whatever.
this was described to me as dicken’s most mature novel and I can definitely see why. tl;dr on the plot is there are two families where son of one family and daughter of the other are love interests. the main plot revolves around the lives of these two families and a debtors prison. in real life, dicken’s father was in this same debtors prison so I was constantly psychoanalyzing him the whole book lol.
there aren’t any characters I particularly resonated with, but the characterization was great. each person was so fully formed from their dialogue to their actions it just felt so real.
random thoughts from my notes:
-dicken’s prefaces are so endearing. i wish authors still did them. so interesting to see how he views his work and his fame at the time it is being written
-the circumlocution office is truly one of the most ingenious satires I have ever read
-dickens writes about poverty so well
but can I really recommend a thousand page charles dickens novel to everyone? like most people don’t need to read this lol and you will probably be bored out of your mind.
if you are crazy enough to read this, definitely read the trigger warnings on this book and prepare for a JOURNEY.
this was described to me as dicken’s most mature novel and I can definitely see why. tl;dr on the plot is there are two families where son of one family and daughter of the other are love interests. the main plot revolves around the lives of these two families and a debtors prison. in real life, dicken’s father was in this same debtors prison so I was constantly psychoanalyzing him the whole book lol.
there aren’t any characters I particularly resonated with, but the characterization was great. each person was so fully formed from their dialogue to their actions it just felt so real.
random thoughts from my notes:
-dicken’s prefaces are so endearing. i wish authors still did them. so interesting to see how he views his work and his fame at the time it is being written
-the circumlocution office is truly one of the most ingenious satires I have ever read
-dickens writes about poverty so well
but can I really recommend a thousand page charles dickens novel to everyone? like most people don’t need to read this lol and you will probably be bored out of your mind.
if you are crazy enough to read this, definitely read the trigger warnings on this book and prepare for a JOURNEY.