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May 22, 2018
Terri
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I love Dickens and the eyes he set on a time of horrid living conditions, poverty and lack of Social intervention. Oliver is an orphan whose mother dies in a workhouse. His life is miserable and impoverished and yet he retains a sense of innocence and we feel his pain as the awful events unfold and he suffers. Of course he is helped by good people and those who abused him find their fates. My only problem with this book is the terrible formatting. The justification is messed up and words runtoge
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4.5 stars
gosh I enjoyed this. I had pretty low expectations because so many Dickens fans said it was their least liked dickens novel. The descriptions at times really gave me the sense that I was there. I think the thing you most need to do is to expect Oliver Twist himself is not the main character. Other characters are really as important as he is. So be prepared to not see him through large portions of the novel. Some parts of this novel are grisly. At times, it really is a monstrous book.
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 ...more
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 ...more
This is only my second book I've read by Dickens. I really loved it. I had some idea of what Oliver Twist was about but it was much more than that. It was more exciting than expected.
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