reading The Sun Also Rises. Boy, did Dickens give me an appreciation for Hemingway's succinct style!
What I Liked This Week:
Some of the characters are starting to overlap stories. The household Jarndyce chanced to meet up with Lady Dedlock, a new character brings up a tie to Esther that Guppy learns about, and a mysterious "servant," who is clearly a lady (methinks Lady Dedlock) asks Jo to show her the haunts of Nemo, a character we have only met in death.
What I Didn't Like This Week:
Really, Dickens? More new characters? At least this time there appears to be a reason for introducing them but did we really need so much buildup of them? My husband read this book as part of a college English literature course. I can't imagine trying to keep track of all of these characters and be able to ascribe a purpose for their inclusion even as you are trying to race through the book to get it read in the short period of time you have to read a book in school.
Dickens always does have a lot of characters, doesn't he? It sounds like there is a lot to keep track of in this story!
ReplyDeleteI almost spit out my lunch at your statement about characters. Ha! Have you counted just how many there are?
ReplyDeleteI haven't read this one, but Dickens is generally not my favorite. The only longer book of his that I've enjoyed was Great Expectations.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit overwhelmed with all of the characters but I'm hanging in there!
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