Great Expectations

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Summary: Read This it will Help!
Review: This book is not a book most people should read. I wouldn't call it horrible but it is intensly boring. Dickens takes a whole chapter to say something anybody could say in a sentence. Im in the eighth grade and am required to read it. At times i dont have a clue wats goin on but i get the basic gist of the story and plot. I only recommend this for reader lovers, highly advanced people in litereture and who can understand something not written in english.

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Summary: UGH
Review: This book was reccomended to me by my mom for me to expand my reading tastes. I was maybe a little hesitant, but I began reading it, and was immediately pulled in by the compelling, quirky characters and the mind boggling plot. Each new character is equally amusing, and their names seem to depict their nature. When I first saw Uncle Pumblechook's name, I was immediately able to guess what sort of a person he was, same with Mr. Wopsle, Mr. Wemmick, Mrs. Joe Gargery, and more. The humor is subtle, but once you get the joke you'll be howling.
However, Dickens is certainly not an author who says little when there is an opportunity to say more; in a nutshell, his writing is quite flourid. Ten pages can be a whole lot to get through, not because it is boring, but because it is full of complex words, sentences, and paragraphs, that you'll need a little bit of rest. I felt sometimes like reading it was like an excercise seminar for my mind. But don't let these few words discourage you, it's a great read.

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Summary: Superb writing and characterizations throughout
Review: This classic and Mark Reed's SOMETHING DIFFERENT!!! are two of our special favorites.

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Summary: WORST BOOK EVER!!!!! DONT READ IT!!!!!
Review: THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!!!!!! do not read it unless u have to! i had to read this book for english, and it made no sense and was absolutely terrible! i would never recommend this book to anyone!

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Summary: eh...
Review: Yup, this book is forced down the throats of high school kids. And yep, they usually hate it. I think Alessandro Manzoni's The Betrothed is better Dickens then even Dickens can do.