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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
3.0

Grade: 76% C
Characters 1-10: 9
Worldbuilding 1-10: 7
Plot: 1-10: 7
Writing style: 1-10: 8
Enjoyment: 1-10: 7

Age Range: Adult
Genre: Classic

Thoughts:
I have found that when I read classics that I really like to listen to the audiobook and follow along in a physical or ebook copy, unfortunately I did not get to do that with this book as much as I would have liked which I believe may have something to do with the way I enjoyed this read of this book.
Lets talk about characters I think that the characters in this book were the best part of this book especially Pip, and Miss Havisham. I thought that the characters in this book were so interesting and I wish that I would have been able to follow the plot a little better but I feel like I missed some of the story listening to this mostly on audiobook .
The worldbuilding in this book I feel was kind of lost on me there were parts that were really atmospheric and other parts I felt like were just flat. My favorite scenes all happened at Miss Havisham’s home. I thought the atmosphere there was just amazing.
The plot I felt was a little hard to follow at points. There were parts of the story that just didn’t really make sense and I know that some of my problems with the plot were more because I was listening to the audiobook and missed some of the things that happened because I was also having to try to decipher the language as well.
The writing style was very Dickens. I am almost positive that when Dickens was writing this it was in a serial format and he was getting paid by the word. That is my only complaint with Dickens writing is that he is a little wordy and due to the fact of the way people spoke back then is different from now so there is a some deciphering needed to know exactly what is being said.
Overall enjoyment was okay. I have read other classics that I have loved way more than this one but I do hope to read more from Dickens in the future.