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A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens, Richard Maxwell , Hablot Knight Browne
by Charles Dickens, Richard Maxwell , Hablot Knight Browne
About 30 pages into this book, I was struck with a moment of panic:
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WHERE THE HELL IS GARFIELD?!?
Had the lasagna-loving feline been uncerimoniously behead on the guillotine before the happenings of page 1? Without my favorite cartoon cat's wry, laid-back sense of wit these are surely THE WORST OF TIMES!
That is when I realized I was reading the classic text A Tale of Two CITIES, by Charles Dickens and not watching the 2006 cinematic masterpiece Garfield: A TAIL of Two KITTIES!
Holy crap! How embarrassing!
Against my better judgement, I decided to keep reading, hoping that at some point Garfield would pop up and say something hilarious about hating Mondays. Well, fellow readers, he doesn't. I repeat: GARFIELD IS NOT IN THIS BOOK! AT ALL!
Instead, Dickens (is that his real name? LOL!) crafts a tale of sacrifice and redemption set against the bleak background of the French Revolution.
Overall, I guess it's an okay book, if you're into the "classics" sort-of thing, but I believe in my heart of hearts that this novel really could've benefitted by AT LEAST a cameo from Jon Arbuckle or something.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WHERE THE HELL IS GARFIELD?!?
Had the lasagna-loving feline been uncerimoniously behead on the guillotine before the happenings of page 1? Without my favorite cartoon cat's wry, laid-back sense of wit these are surely THE WORST OF TIMES!
That is when I realized I was reading the classic text A Tale of Two CITIES, by Charles Dickens and not watching the 2006 cinematic masterpiece Garfield: A TAIL of Two KITTIES!
Holy crap! How embarrassing!
Against my better judgement, I decided to keep reading, hoping that at some point Garfield would pop up and say something hilarious about hating Mondays. Well, fellow readers, he doesn't. I repeat: GARFIELD IS NOT IN THIS BOOK! AT ALL!
Instead, Dickens (is that his real name? LOL!) crafts a tale of sacrifice and redemption set against the bleak background of the French Revolution.
Overall, I guess it's an okay book, if you're into the "classics" sort-of thing, but I believe in my heart of hearts that this novel really could've benefitted by AT LEAST a cameo from Jon Arbuckle or something.
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I don't know if a sterling review from me is going to make or break Charles Dickens career, so my rating is pretty irrelevant. Seriously, though, there are no cartoon cats in this book. It's depressing.I read it a bunch of years ago so I can't recall any of the particular details, but at the time I remember thinking it was well-written, if not OVER-written, and moved sort of slow. I find it hard to concentrate on things like the "classics" when there are books like this
and this
around.If my silly review offends and of those stuffed-shirt "literary types," then fuck them. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS, I say! Now, if my silly review entertains a few of my favorite mongrels on the interwebs, then I've done my job.
In the end, just know it is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
Danger
Seriously, what did you think? Does it hold up? Is there anything in here that makes it worth the read? Three stars and several Garfield references doesn't exactly scream "Read Me!"