Book 4 - 'A Tale of Two Cities' (rank=63)

I'm being very slack with this book, but I'm not really enjoying it and I'm tempted to give up. I won't though, I'm halfway through now, so I may as well finish. Nothing really seems to happen in it, I don't like any of the characters, I don't know much about the period in history (i think it's just before the French revolution), and the book doesn't really bring it alive for me. I don't think I'm going to become a Dickens fan...

Book 4 - 'A Tale of Two Cities' (rank=63)

I've got into this a bit more now and things are starting to happen, but I still find the language a bit of a barrier. A few times I've had to reread sentences 2 or 3 times to get what he's talking about as they are long and strangely (to me) written. The story is starting to get more interesting now though and I like the characters. I'm not sure I'd choose to read a lot of Dickens, but he's not as much of a chore as I was expecting! On the other had, I found a new trilogy that I'm loving - Trudi Canavan, 'The Magician's Guild' etc. Have read two and am waiting for the 3rd to come back into the library so I can pounce on it. In the meantime, Dickens will keep me amply occupied!