Status Updates From The Mystery of Edwin Drood

An unusual beginning! Only time will tell if I love this novel dearly or despise it with every fiber of my being.

I must say, Dickens' writing is very reminiscent of Thomas De Quincey's opium-driven stories. However, De Quincey's was mostly babble and all over the place.

At least Dickens seems to have an idea--not the most profound, but an idea at the most!