Author: Charles Dickens
I must say Charles Dickens is one smart man. At first, he send the reader to sleep, but then suddenly boom boom pow, and everything starts to happen - someone dies, someone finds his/her real parents, someone falls in love. And this happens every time I read one of Charles Dickens novels (same in "The Bleak House"). Every single time. I don't say it's bad because at one point, I really couldn't take my eyes off of it, but overall, I don't think it's a good idea to play tricks on your readers. Honestly, at the beginning, I thought, 'What have I done, I don't want to read this book, it's boring.' But after a while, I became more and more interested in going on reading "Great Expectations".
What you should understand is that this is not a love story, it's not even a story about love. Alright, it is, but about unilateral love. Estella is a fool, but Pip is even a bigger blockhead. How can you not understand what are the real values in your life for so long? How can you be so ungrateful and as tough as old boots? Frankly speaking, I wanted to punch Pip several times and ask 'What the hell are you doing? Are you blind?' Yes, so emotional and nerve-wracking this story is.
