bondolo reviewed Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
An unknown benefactor supplies an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice with the means to be educated in …
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Charles Dickens: Great Expectations (2021, Independently Published)
An unknown benefactor supplies an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice with the means to be educated in London as a gentleman of …

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations (2021, Independently Published)
An unknown benefactor supplies an orphaned blacksmith's apprentice with the means to be educated in London as a gentleman of …
It didn't seem that this book was written with as much attention or focus as the other volumes in the series. I did enjoy it, but was expecting better.
It didn't seem that this book was written with as much attention or focus as the other volumes in the series. I did enjoy it, but was expecting better.

It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war.
It led to the destruction of two …

Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents …
Main character becomes almost god-like through the narrative but somehow dwelled in obscurity for years before. Some set piece scenes were out of place and others abbreviated.

A thief in a city controlled by industrialized magic joins forces with a rare honest police officer to stop an …
At some level the confusion and lies are overwhelming. It definitely doesn't help that the main character is an entitled unrepentant jerk.
At some level the confusion and lies are overwhelming. It definitely doesn't help that the main character is an entitled unrepentant jerk.

A startlingly original novel about a young English graduate who takes a position as a teacher at a private school …

A startlingly original novel about a young English graduate who takes a position as a teacher at a private school …
By the third episode I was getting miffed and the ending was disappointing. A more continuous narrative with fuller world-building and depth to the character development would have helped I think. Everything felt like a sketch with only one section completed.