05 June 2013

Review: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens

Trade paperback, 801 pages
Published 2003 (originally 1836-37)
Borrowed from the library
Read September 2012
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
by Charles Dickens

This book just isn't funny. It is on rare occasions, but on the whole, it's not. In a book of 801 pages, though "rare occasions" is not often enough. There were moments I really liked it-- Pickwick's supposed ancient artifact, Pickwick's stay in prison-- but on the whole I was reading quickly to try to end it quickly.

I may have to give it another shake someday, though. I was forced to read it quickly because it was exam reading, and maybe reading at a more leisurely pace, I would have appreciated it more.

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