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mraltan's review against another edition
3.0
Awesome! I really liked how he made a story for Christmas and for New Years, this one being the New Years one, of course. I loved the descriptions of the characters (especially the phantoms!) and the general idea of the new year.
bookswithlydscl's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Not as charming as A Christmas Carol but I enjoyed it well enough
popsiwinkle's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
ronanmjdoyle's review against another edition
3.0
Is it cheating to try to belatedly make up for my relative inexperience with Dickens by tearing through the Christmas books? Probably, but quiet you. Rather too similar in its approach to the preceding A Christmas Carol to make its relative obscurity beside that classic a lamentable fact, The Chimes does have the benefit of some gorgeous Dickensian sad sack character work, never better espoused than in this most glorious of lines:
"There’s nothing," said Toby, "more regular in its coming round than dinner-time, and nothing less regular in its coming round than dinner."
"There’s nothing," said Toby, "more regular in its coming round than dinner-time, and nothing less regular in its coming round than dinner."
may_epub's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
space_dementia's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
jessica_sim0's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
novelnd's review against another edition
2.0
Loved Richard Armitage as the narrator, the story was ok to me. It might've been because it took me so long to get through it because of my schedule and also partially because of how Dickens' writes.