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happylilkt's review
2.0
I'm not heartless, but I just like other Dickens better. And yes, I'm squeamish when it comes to violence. I didn't expect it from Dickens, for some reason, so it got me in the gut when I wasn't expecting it. I knew the plot, I knew what happened, I just thought, Oh it's Victorian, so it will be implied or something. Nope.
Also, while for some reason the sentimental resolutions were fine for me in Nickleby (maybe because the whole thing was such a farce from beginning to end), in Twist it annoyed me. I will probably give it another go someday but only if I've read every other Dickens novel in print first.
Also, while for some reason the sentimental resolutions were fine for me in Nickleby (maybe because the whole thing was such a farce from beginning to end), in Twist it annoyed me. I will probably give it another go someday but only if I've read every other Dickens novel in print first.
kenzrocks99's review
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
timmytunter's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, and Death
ak_gforce14's review
I like it but I'm not in love with it and I only have time for a book that I am in love with.
ckeithjohnson's review
5.0
What a book. There is some insensitivity and quite a bit of outright sterotyping, which apparently Dickens was called out for even in his own times, and he based Fagin on a real-life person, but the constant use of the sobriquet and the pretty insidious use of stereotypes is obviously wrong, and Dickens himself apparently excised the term and stereotypes altogether in his final performances of the novel. But overall the story is a nice yarn about a young man with a bad lot. Dickens has a wonderful way with his language, and as his stories unfold I find myself intrigued, harrowed, and encouraged.
the_bookwormhole_'s review against another edition
adventurous
sad
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Blood, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Child abuse, and Gore
meggriffin88's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
mel1n's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
daja57's review
3.0
I think this is one of the weakest of Dickens's novel. My fundamental problem was that I was unable to believe that a lad brought up as an orphan in a workhouse would have been such a nice little boy. Dickens thought that because Oliver is of 'gentle' birth his 'innate nobility' would shine through the grime of his upbringing. I disagree.
Of course it is peopled with some wonderfully eccentric caricatures but that doesn't make it a novel.
Of course it is peopled with some wonderfully eccentric caricatures but that doesn't make it a novel.