What I Think About "Great Expectations"

This story was very hard to get through. The time it took to set up the action of the story dragged out for such a long period of time that even i wouldn't have read it enough to get to the good part, and i have a lot of patience for reading slow books. The writing and word choice and meanings behind words that's put into this book is pretty amazing though, and once you are past all the explanations and groundwork the mysteries that are solved puts an exciting and interesting end to the book. The mysteries really appealed to me because mystery novels are my favorite style of writing. So being able to infer some of the mystery's endings and get them right gives me a sort of satisfaction. I also love how all the loose ends of this story seem to be neatly tied up at the end. I do happen to prefer the original ending Charles Dickens wrote though, the new ending seemed extremely abrupt and vague to me. The old one is also a happier ending and more fulfilling to me and my enjoyment for happily-ever-after endings. My reading habits, though, were far from what was required. I started off diligent, not knowing what to expect. But after a little while reading was so uninteresting that it became cumbersome instead of enjoyable. I found myself scanning over chapters in 5 minutes, or looking up Spark Notes in a flash, so that i can understand what we talk about in class. I did a lot of the work in my 1st period class, in a rushed haphazard way that showed nothing of what i am capable of. This knocked my comprehension of this novel down a lot for a long period of time, until i read and heard enough about what i had missed to understand the book more clearly. My procrastination is what tended to hurt my reading habits, which in turn hurt my comprehension, and in turn my grade. No i understand this i can do better in the future.