A review by andy_0001
Bleak House, by Charles Dickens

4.0

such a captivating book(for this size and without being silly) with a mysterious atmosphere all around the first 64 chapters along with enjoyable drama, laced with tons of subplots and some memorable side characters too who didn’t always have their own stories to tell but the situations theirs acts all are interconnected to the main plot. The book is divided between our protagonist Esther and other third-person narration. Personally, I liked Esther's narrated chapters more as I Personally liked her character and the intimate way of storytelling. But the third person narrative was crucial and without it, the events and style of the book would've been too simple and boring. Also, Dickens's prose was descriptive like most of his contemporaries but the prose was joyous to read(for the majority of the time). The way he used metaphors and symbolism here was so delightful. He also likes most of the books that mentioned the corruption, the condition of the poor and some shady people's greed in here too.
Although sometimes I was getting bored mostly because of my own short attention span, this book has the ability to keep someone interested (even someone who is more prone to genre fiction and has limited experience with literary fiction). Not a page-turner for all obviously but I am so glad that I have finally read this book.
now some things that I was sceptical about

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some characters like Mr John Jarndyce, George, Mr Woodcourt was too much goody two shoes and almost unbelievable but I wouldn't say that they were bland?

on the other hand I liked how the

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the antagonistic characters or semi antagonistic I gue? characters were portrayed although I don't think anybody was the mastermind villain here

and the irony of

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Jarndyce case got solved all of the court proceedings cost what they were supposed to get, it felt so similar to how my father described some of our inheritance court cases even in this era although in a developing country that's a difference

I also liked how he added

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Jo's situation(RIP Jo), the brickmakers wives misfortune and how the Dedlock era is coming to an end after Mr Dedlock's sudden paralysis

I'm going to give it 3.75