Reviews for What the Dickens!

The average rating for What the Dickens! based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-11-23 00:00:00 Michaeal Trask The year is 1842, and two young children find themselves trying to thwart two thieves from stealing a pre-published manuscript of Charles Dickens�. The book is mild and would be a pleasant read if it were not so technical. I am not familiar with packet ships and the navigation of canal locks and bridges with their towpaths and lock houses. Trading along the canal is the livelihood and culture of all the main characters in the story- it�s difficult to imagine the locations, to visualize the chase scenes, and to empathize with the characters given such a limited familiarity with life on the canals. Towards the climax of the book the children end up on a railway where I fare no better, with its engine houses, planes, stages, ropes and more terms that are foreign to me.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-02-23 00:00:00 Doug Dobrava B. fiction, children's fiction, grade 5, historical fiction, canal era, Pennsylvania, Charles Dicken's, Mom's stash, keep. Some of the sections of this book were rather overloaded with the details of operation of the locks, etc. but the storyline (Especially concerning Charles Dickens's visit to America and the lax laws concerning idea theft) was interesting.