Bleak House is my least favorite Dickens novel to date. I did not find the characters very engaging and the plot lacking. I had near everything figured out well before it came to conclusion, and I spent the last couple hundred pages wondering why they had to be included. Usually I find a great satisfaction in Dickens' writing. I love the way that he combined words to make them beautiful. Even when I am not engaged with the plot I an enthralled with the actual writing. This was not the case with Bleak House.

I did not find Esther's "I'm so insignificant" attitude to be all that charming. It seemed to go beyond a personality trait and into a statement on women behavior. While I understand that this is a product of the time, I still do not have to enjoy it. There were other personalities that were just as disagreeable, such as the man child. Although, at least with him there is some minor satisfaction at the end of the novel.