Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

 

The book starts off with a young boy named Pip, who is an orphan. During one of his visits to his mother and father’s graveyard, he meets a convict named Magwitch and they become friends. Then, Ms. Havisham, a strange lady, asks Pip to come visit her house multiple times. Here, Pip meets Ms. Havisham’s adopted daughter named, Estella. He soon realizes that he likes Estella, but she doesn't like him back. When Pip grows up, he gets loads of money from an unknown person to go to London for an education. Pip meets Magwitch in London, and realizes that Magwitch was the one who sent him money. Magwitch soon asks Pip to keep him from getting caught again, which would lead to a great danger. Pip doesn’t know if he needs to go back home and reunite with Estella or keep on completing this risky quest in London.

All in all, I absolutely loved “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens! It has an extremely realistic touch in the book as if it could happen right now. It is also very dramatic and shocking because of the situations the character encounters. This book is a total page turner because there are twists and turns in the story. It was impossible to put this book down. I highly recommend the book to anyone who loves unpredictable events. -- Review by Jinny P.