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30 out of 30 people found this review helpful.

Have Great Expectations For This One, Yo

Date of Review:  Feb 6, 2006
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 considered "good,"...
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  4.0

by: updateghost
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Characters. Plot.
Cons
Prose. Yuck.
 
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

The horror, the horror

Date of Review:  Dec 2, 1999
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...
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  1.0

by: JimmyGeorge
Recommended to buy: No

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You only read it once, you'll never...
Cons
It's in print
 
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Not for Everyone

Date of Review:  Dec 29, 1999
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...
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  3.0

by: lostchild
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
somewhat interesting classic drama
Cons
long, old writing style
 
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Dickens is the best

Date of Review:  Mar 17, 2000
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...
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  5.0

by: gaylegeis
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Classic
Cons
none
 
72 out of 72 people found this review helpful.

The World May Change, but People Remain the Same

Date of Review:  Oct 17, 2002
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...
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  5.0

by: Bruguru
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Entertaining, insightful novel
Cons
None
 
16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

Wait until you are 25+ then read it

Date of Review:  Dec 5, 2008
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 for...
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  5.0

by: Ravenskya
Recommended to buy: Yes

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The themes, and true meanings will not...
Cons
You will probably have to read it in HS...
 
22 out of 22 people found this review helpful.

I've Had GREATER EXPECTATIONS From A Dick...

Date of Review:  Nov 2, 2003
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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  4.0

by: mattroberts
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Good plot, and writing.
Cons
In some places there's too much...
 
23 out of 23 people found this review helpful.

Life of Pi(p)

Date of Review:  Jul 3, 2003
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...
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  4.0

by: astromish
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
plot, narrative, humor
Cons
nothing in particular
 
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Excellent

Date of Review:  Dec 14, 1999
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...
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  5.0

by: Greenday6938
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Very good book
Cons
To Long
 
12 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

A deserved classic of coincidence and pace

Date of Review:  Jul 8, 2003
The Bottom Line: Recommend this to anyone who wants a classic read. As one of Dickens shorter works it is a fine place to start. Buy the Penguin edition for the introduction.
Review: I love the cover of the Penguin edition. The painting seems almost perfect for Dickens novel. The introduction is, as usual with Penguin, a good essay on Dickens and the novel.

But on to the novel itself. Great Expectations was the first...
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  5.0

by: honestpuck
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Fast pace, twisty plot. Superb...
Cons
A lot of climaxes and cliffhangers...
 

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