Review of 'A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This my first reading of this book, of course the story of A Christmas Carol is not new to me, I have seen many versions of this on the TV. The original does not disappoint, it is a brilliant little story that plays out just like I know, the animated version with Jim Carey is, in my opinion, the one that captures the book best. Scrooge is a great character and reading as he realises that Christmas is all about blowing all his dosh on the biggest bird possible was fun to read.
As for the other stories, you can see a few of them were almost first attempts of Dickens creating the main story. The Haunted man is the second big story in the book and the weakest in the whole collection, I thought it was dull and failed to grab my attention enough to figure out what the …
This my first reading of this book, of course the story of A Christmas Carol is not new to me, I have seen many versions of this on the TV. The original does not disappoint, it is a brilliant little story that plays out just like I know, the animated version with Jim Carey is, in my opinion, the one that captures the book best. Scrooge is a great character and reading as he realises that Christmas is all about blowing all his dosh on the biggest bird possible was fun to read.
As for the other stories, you can see a few of them were almost first attempts of Dickens creating the main story. The Haunted man is the second big story in the book and the weakest in the whole collection, I thought it was dull and failed to grab my attention enough to figure out what the hell was going on. My favourite of the shorter stories was "A Christmas Tree" Dickens spots a Christmas tree and all it's decorations and gets transported back to his childhood and the fun he had playing with his toys, very touching stuff.
This is another of the Penguin Clothbound classics that I own and again it is lovely. It feels amazing in your hands as you read, nice thick pages and a top notch cover.
Blog review is here: felcherman.wordpress.com/2019/12/17/a-christmas-carol-and-other-christmas-writings-by-charles-dickens/
