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Title: It was the worst of times...
Review: when I read this book. Honestly, after I liked "A Tale of Two Cities" I was expecting more from Dickens. Maybe Dickens wrote in the style of his time, which was to be very detailed, but it really doesn't translate well to today. I don't mind long books (I'm reading War and Peace now) but this book went into extreme detail about the most meaningless things.This story was essentially a Victorian soap opera. Theres all sorts of unknown parents, secret coniving, mysterious benefactors, and worst of all, many unrealistic characters. This book was so contrived and unnatural that I really don't see how it's attained "classic" status.If you don't mind meticulous attention being payed to the minutia, which is Dickens's style, then I'd recommend "A Tale of Two Cities." If not, there are many other authors much better than Dickens that you can read.
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