Read this a second time (first time in high school) after reading Demon Copperhead, and my memory was right - this is a far superior book. Dickens has strong politics and amazing character development, and he doesn’t shy away from real emotion and relationships. The monsters aren’t one-dimensional bad guys, which makes them all the more monstrous. A wonderful read (even though Agnes is kinda boring, but quite 19th century popular novel heroine, so