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Bleak Expectations (2012)

by Mark Evans(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Corsair

review 1: You need to have heard the radio series before you read this. But then it's just a re-telling of the radio series, so apart from the joy of revisiting the wonderful characters and relentless, machine-gun gags, you might think there's little point.I did enjoy it, however. Bleak Expectations is one of my favourite comedy series and I loved being back in that world, even if there was little that was new to me. Joyous.
review 2: A tie in with the radio series, this is basically a novelisation of the programme. As with the latter. the constant barrage of impossible situations and literary references get a bit tiresome. It really helps if you have read a lot of Dickens and have some idea of actual Victorian social policy and societal norms, otherwise the whole thing ... moremight come across as an in-joke. I compare this to eating a big sticky cake; it's delicious to start but gets a bit difficult to finish.Having said this, the book has some hilarious moments, can get quite exciting and remains satirical by cross-referencing to the modern period. less

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