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slowly_getting_gayer23's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Antisemitism, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death and Child death
It’s definitely a book of it’s time and it’s plot nature requires a lot of dark topics. It’s also a Dickens novel so it’s depressing in many ways but there is atleast some form of justice found.lillygabriella's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
So, if like me you have only seen movie versions, know that there was a lot of serious character rehabilitation performed in all of the movies, especially where Fagin, Nancy, and Jack Dawkins aka The Artful Dodger are concerned.
Other than that, it is pretty standard for a nineteenth century novel: Never use one word when fifty will do. Clearly the man was paid by the word. And was in this work definitely on the side of Nature over Nurture.
I'm glad I read it. It's good to know how the classics actually go.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism
mpbookreviews's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Murder
matt_needs_medicating's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Antisemitism
tumbly_weed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, and Death of parent
the_bookwormhole_'s review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Blood
mnasadoo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, and Antisemitism
littleredherring's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Death of parent
Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
linnylionheart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Terminal illness
description of childbirthshaunnow38's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Antisemitism
Moderate: Violence and Murder
Minor: Animal death