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Summary: Dickens at his best!
Review: I absoulutely love this book! I was required to read Great Expectations for school, and what I thought was going to be a long and dull school novel turned out to be my favorite book of all times. It has everything that you could want in a story; life lessons, mystery, love, sadness, regret, passion, and so much more! If you enjoy reading about life's twists and turns, like the way Dickens writes, or you just want to read a good book, Great Expectations is the perfect choice. You will instantly fall in love with this Charles Dickens classic!
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Summary: MOST AWFUL BOOK EVER.
Review: I can't i am required to read this book. Its endlessly boring! The literature is just so boring and so dull..... its mental torture to read this book, they should give this book to read for the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay for torture.
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Summary: A great story sort of like a soap opera
Review: I have just read Charles Dicken's "Great Expectations" for my Honors English class. At first, I thought "Oh man, another book to read, this really sucks." I usually LOVE reading but I was rather disapointed because my whole social schedule would be ruined. Let me tell you, reading Great Expectations was better than what hanging out with my friends for the month could ever do. Since some of my friends were also reading it, I found it very interesting to compare opinions and thoughts. I loved the way Dicken's used symbols to tie every character together, like a spider's web. During class discusions, my teacher stated that most soap operas must have been based on this novel. To me, she is 100% right. Beautifully written, though some Victorian English terms may be hard for some to understand. Superb book, I would even give it more the 5 stars!
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Summary: A great story sort of like a soap opera
Review: I have just read Charles Dicken's "Great Expectations" for my Honors English class. At first, I thought "Oh man, another book to read, this really sucks." I usually LOVE reading but I was rather disapointed because my whole social schedule would be ruined. Let me tell you, reading Great Expectations was better than what hanging out with my friends for the month could ever do. Since some of my friends were also reading it, I found it very interesting to compare opinions and thoughts. I loved the way Dicken's used symbols to tie every character together, like a spider's web. During class discusions, my teacher stated that most soap operas must have been based on this novel. To me, she is 100% right. Beautifully written, though some Victorian English terms may be hard for some to understand. Superb book, I would even give it more the 5 stars!
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Summary: Great Expectations
Review: I have to read this book for highschool, and even though I'm not through with it quite yet, I think it's a lot better than I expected. Charles Dickens threw in a few parts that I thought were kind of exciting. In the beginning, you really have to get used to different spellings of words, like "skilful", for example, but after you get into the book more, you catch on. The main character, Pip, goes from being a boy raised by his sister, to becoming a gentleman. In his journey, he meets several different people, like Ms. Havisham and Estella, for example. There are many different things he must go through before he is told he has an opportunity to become a gentleman. Now I just have to see how it ends! I'd recommend it to people who are older than highschool, just because I think you'd enjoy and understand it a lot more! But if you're a real bookworm, you'd like it. :)
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Summary: Great Expectations
Review: I have to read this book for highschool, and even though I'm not through with it quite yet, I think it's a lot better than I expected. Charles Dickens threw in a few parts that I thought were kind of exciting. In the beginning, you really have to get used to different spellings of words, like "skilful", for example, but after you get into the book more, you catch on. The main character, Pip, goes from being a boy raised by his sister, to becoming a gentleman. In his journey, he meets several different people, like Ms. Havisham and Estella, for example. There are many different things he must go through before he is told he has an opportunity to become a gentleman. Now I just have to see how it ends! I'd recommend it to people who are older than highschool, just because I think you'd enjoy and understand it a lot more! But if you're a real bookworm, you'd like it. :)
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Summary: A novel to pine for!
Review: I was just 10 years old, when I first read an abridged version of this Dickens Classic. I must have read it many times since, and everytime I read it, I am filled with array of emotions, and a deep respect for the author. Pip, the hero, is a character that embodies hopes, disappointments and dreams of every boy. As he narrates his life, we grow with him, see many people come in and go out of his life, and we feel with him his emotions and predicaments. Life is full of surprises, unexpected twists and turns, and this novel is a great chronicle of the possibilities of fate. But most importantly, this is a story of pining... and a novel worth pining for. Miss Havisham, the old lady, epitomizes eccentricity, while Estella in her cold abandon represents every heartbreaker. This story is about pining, about love, about friendship (especially Pip and Joe, and later Pip and Herbert), about relationships, and most importantly about what one feels and lives by. Like all Dickens novels, this is a very well written story, and is much more engrossing than any of its on screen versions. This is a story that must be read at leisure and it must be failing of the reader to try and compare it with some cheap paperback that one can scram through while watching a movie and munching chips and cola. Classics deserve respect, attention and concentration: dedicate yourself to one, and trust me you will discover a lot more. A lot more about the novel and a lot more about your own self. We all have Great Expectations, and this one by Dickens beats them all!!
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Summary: Eh...
Review: I'm a senior in high school and was asked to read this book for my AP English 12 class. While it had some parts that were somewhat interesting, overall I couldn't get into the book. I couldn't even finish the book, I was so bored with it. I don't recommend it.
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Summary: I GIVE IT THE DICKENS!
Review: Reading GREAT EXPECTATIONS as a 14 year old high school student in 1967 helped me acquire a clearer understanding of the concept of infinity. Eternity could never be as long as this book, which I endured to its soporific, boring end. I recommend it to hold up the end of a busted sofa!
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Summary: So...Dickens, So Good
Review: The reason I choose to write this review is quite simple: to tell of a great book that gets better every time you read it. The compelling twists of "Great Expectations" are very involved and makes for a book that not only comes off extremely in depth but also entertaining. I first read this book and high school and have since read it twice more. It seems the more knowledge I have gained the more I take out of each segment of this book as it is more closely tied into my real life.
Simply put this is Dickens masterpiece and that should not be overlooked as many of his books were of extreme quality.
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