Dombey and Son by Charles DickensMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I'm reading the Kindle edition of The Complete Works of Charles Dickens and this story marks the midpoint of this prodigious tome. Dombey and Son, centered around a flawed, wealthy, and prideful father and his neglected loving daughter, is typical of how Dickens tells a story. His love of the variety and subtlety of human life teaches the reader what it means to be sincerely happy, sad, frightened, abandoned, loved, or forgotten. There is horrible misery that many of his characters feel in this book, balanced by joy and hope found in the intricate personal relationships he artfully constructs. His narration of the characters' adventures is often humorous even if often obscured by the nineteenth century colloquialisms and a writing style some may find confusing and stilted.
View all my reviews
