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_varsha_'s review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
storiesforhisglory's review
5.0
This is the first book by Charles Dickens I've ever read. Funny, lyrical, descriptive... I'm familiar with the story premise, but ever since my friend Hannah and I met, she's raved about Dickens, and now I'm proud to say I've started to read his works.
kellyhager's review
5.0
I haven't read this before, but of course I've seen several different movies (and TV show episodes) that are based on the story, so I knew it going in.
In case you've lived under a rock: Scrooge is a miserable bastard who does his level best to make everyone else miserable, too. He pays his one employee incredibly poorly and wishes that the sick among us would just die already. He doesn't want anything to do with his nephew and said nephew's family. And then three ghosts come (four, really, counting his dead business partner) and show him the error of his ways. And God bless us, every one.
One thing I didn't realize going in was that this is actually really funny. (Scrooge tells Marley that he's not a ghost so much as a case of indigestion.)
But it's a sweet, funny (and, thanks to the final ghost) creepy tale. If you've only known the story through movies, you should read the book, too. (It's also pretty short, so it probably won't take too long.)
In case you've lived under a rock: Scrooge is a miserable bastard who does his level best to make everyone else miserable, too. He pays his one employee incredibly poorly and wishes that the sick among us would just die already. He doesn't want anything to do with his nephew and said nephew's family. And then three ghosts come (four, really, counting his dead business partner) and show him the error of his ways. And God bless us, every one.
One thing I didn't realize going in was that this is actually really funny. (Scrooge tells Marley that he's not a ghost so much as a case of indigestion.)
But it's a sweet, funny (and, thanks to the final ghost) creepy tale. If you've only known the story through movies, you should read the book, too. (It's also pretty short, so it probably won't take too long.)
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