Great Expectations

Pros: Very good book

Cons: To Long

Review: Dickens writes a very interesting book "Great Expectations". I enjoyed this book fully. I had to force my self to read it every night but I'm glad I did that. I enjoyed seeing Pip grow up and mature. I liked the way that Dickens put little mysteries...

Pros: plot, narrative, humor

Cons: nothing in particular

The Bottom Line: A good novel although probably not Dickens's best

Review: Charles Dickens s Great Expectations lacks the expansiveness of his A Tale of two cities . The story is based largely in rural England until the scene shifts to London. Except for a minor interlude in Denmark, this is where it stays. It remains the...

Pros: Good plot, and writing.

Cons: In some places there's too much description, and lack of it in other places.

The Bottom Line: If you like Dickens' other work, you'll more than likely enjoy this classic. Just don't expect it to be his best.

Review: Great expectations was first published in a newspaper over a space of weeks. that s while you ll find in different chapters that it seems like dickens is reminding you of the characters, because after a week, people forgot different characters.
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Pros: The themes, and true meanings will not affect you until your late 20's

Cons: You will probably have to read it in HS and will hate it.

The Bottom Line: If you read it too young, you wont get it... if you are out on your own, you will see why people love it.

Review: Yes, Dickens was paid by the word when writing this.
Yes, this is a big book
Yes, if you were forced to read it in school, you probably hated
Yes, if you read it on your own at or after age 25 you probably loved it.

I...

Pros: Entertaining, insightful novel

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: A wonderful work by a literary master.

Review: What is it that sets the great authors apart from the rest of the pack? Is it that they are great storytellers? They must be, to be sure, but more is required than the simple ability to regale an enthralling tale to elevate an author to revered...

Pros: Classic

Cons: none

Review: Great Expectations is a classic, must read book. You'll care about the
wonderful characters.
Philip Pirrip, ?Pip," the narrator and main character in Charles Dickens? novel, Great Expectations was a very interesting man. Pip is living with...

Pros: somewhat interesting classic drama

Cons: long, old writing style

Review: Great Expectations was a fairly interesting novel I had to read for high school. There are sections mildly appealing to everyone, but this book is not for anybody who isn't a fan of Jane Austin and other Dickens novels. It's a pretty long book that...

Pros: You only read it once, you'll never have to pick it up again

Cons: It's in print

Review: I seem to recall extreme pain in reading this book in high school. It's probably just me, but I really don't like reading from the Dickinsonian period. Who else would put one through over-descriptions of simple things just because he was paid by the...

Pros: Characters. Plot.

Cons: Prose. Yuck.

The Bottom Line: would give up on the girl.

Review: Charles Dickens' Great Expectations reads like a Victorian Catcher in the Rye. It's in first-person perspective; the character is naive and irresponsible but bright and goodwilling. Several of his sentences wouldn't currently be...

Pros: It accomplished the goal without much difficulty.

Cons: Long and pointless.

The Bottom Line: Most people would appear to have liked Great Expectations, but I sure didn't care for it. It was merely okay, as I expected it to be.

Review: I was in the mood for some fiction, just so that I could get a refresher as to why it is I dislike the majority of it. I was fortunate to not have to look far, resulting in my expectations being met, although, not in a great way. When I finished...