A review by debs4jc
The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl

4.0

Dicken's fans shouldn't miss this one.I enjoyed this novel for giving me a new perspective on Dickens and his life and his works. The mystery surrounding Edwin Drood and the way the author surmises a 'real life' scenario that explains how the story might have ended is fascinating. It is a bit slow to take off--I especially got confused by the bits about Dicken's son in India, not knowing how that figured into the story. When the mystery of the 'real life' Drood began to take shape it became hard to stop listening. It made me want to read more Dickens--and that's a good thing!