My Book Reviews: ‘The Cricket on the Hearth’ by Charles Dickens
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Dec.18, 2023, under Books
The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A klonky tale that juggles a bit much, but wraps nicely.
The writing is typical Dickens with his melancholy trappings. This should end joyously, but that is not Dickens’ drive.
The interactions written by each couple is exemplary prose. Each character well defined to enhance each couples interactions. Certainly, the strength of the book. I’d like to have read Dickens’ writings of each couple in separate volumes.
Strung together, Dickens seems to have struggled to get it all to fit. Maybe he should have focused on individual couple.
Nevertheless, a fine book.
Bottom line: 8 out of ten points.
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