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Jul 10, 2007
CrystalIsReading on StoryGraph
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I had to read this book for high school lit class, and I did not like it. I didn't like any of the characters, so I was left with no one to root for. I feel sorry for Pip, sometimes, but he allows the other characters to shape and affect him in bad ways, and becomes as unlikable as them. I saw a movie version of the story too, and didn't like that any better. I think I just didn't get what Dickens was trying to say with this. Maybe you will.
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Prior to this, the only Dickens I'd read was A Christmas Carol (short) and Barnaby Rudge (unknown), neither of which I remember well at all. So with Great Expectations, I feel I've finally properly read Dickens.
Great Expectations has intrigued me ever since I saw the modern-day adaptation of it starring Gwyneth Paltrow. The novel lived up to my, er, expectations in many ways and seems worthy of the place it's attained in the canon and modern imagination. Dickens' characterizations are especially ...more
Great Expectations has intrigued me ever since I saw the modern-day adaptation of it starring Gwyneth Paltrow. The novel lived up to my, er, expectations in many ways and seems worthy of the place it's attained in the canon and modern imagination. Dickens' characterizations are especially ...more
Finished listening with Autumn. Led to some good discussion, but my opinion is still the same. Meaning I love Dickens, but don't like this particular book.
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Dec 03, 2007
Heather L
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it was amazing
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Feb 28, 2011
Kate
marked it as to-read
