Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - TP Kennedy - GoodreadsFabulous storytelling. It's great Dickens - lots of unforgettable minor characters, an almost believable plot and unmatched evocations of time and place. This is sentimental writing but it's as good ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Jean - GoodreadsI enjoyed Dombey and Son a lot, but I also found the writing inconsistent, for Dickens. Sometimes I felt more like a was reading someone else, maybe Trollope. This is partly because the book is sliced ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - MJ Nicholls - GoodreadsA big bloated behemoth Dickens. An instructive homily on pride and behaving like a coldblooded douche towards your daughter because she isn'ta son. Once Dombey's son dies (not a plot spoiler, it ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Toria - GoodreadsI quite enjoyed this, but I do see why it's one of Dicken's lesser-known works. IT IS SOOOO LONG. Usually I'm a very fast reader - Dickens usually takes me 3-4 days, tops - but I had this one checked ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Sarah - GoodreadsI have been reading through Dickens' great works, and this was the 10th book in my list. I mention that because at this point his writing is comfortable and familiar to me, and I think it enhanced my ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsDombey and Son, Charles Dickens's story of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall, showcases the author's gift for vivid characterization ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Doug Nagel - GoodreadsOne of the best literary explorations of stubborn, arrogant pride and its devastating consequences to its possessor and those in his orbit. This is classic Dickens and one of the best I have read. I ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Susan - GoodreadsRecently listened to this book again. Found the reading a bit overdone (the second reader I tried and this can be a problem consistently with Dickens audiobooks). But I love Dickens. This, while not ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - D'face - GoodreadsA great Dickens novel, memorable characters, social criticism, reflections on life and a happy resolution. The cast of characters are vividly portrayed - the feisty Susan, evil Carker, well ... Read full review
Review: Dombey and Son
User Review - Smcleish - GoodreadsOriginally published on my blog here in April 2000. Of Dickens' early novels, Dombey and Son is perhaps most clearly shaped by the serial form in which it originally appeared, as well as the ... Read full review
