Our Mutual Friend
Ratings13
Average rating3.6
Possibly a 2.5.
Though I generally love Dickens, I did find this overlong for the actual tale, and very heavy handed - very ‘black and white' characters.
Much as with Hard Times, he seemed to cudgel me with his opinions.
My first ever classic
I feel it was a very odd choice for my first classic. many would have gone for a more obvious jane Austen or even Christmas carol from the same author. But nonetheless, I have enjoyed my journal immensely. While there were parts I felt that I was getting dragged along due to its descriptive nature that was needed for the serial fashion It was first published in there were parts that made me laugh so hard. For those who are scared of the classic fo attempt it with an audio book as you read it. i attempted it the same way and it allowed me to get over the different formating of words and sentences because the English back them is very different from the English we use to day
