Overall, I really enjoyed this book. There was a wide variety of characters and settings to fit those characters. Since the beginning, I have sympathized with Pip and his struggles. I think we all did. I especially liked Mr. Wopsle, just because of his randomness and his being oblivious to all that is happening. I wasn’t really able to uncover much of the mystery in this book, although I found out what happened to Miss Havisham and why Estella was like she was, without the aid of Sparknotes (what is that anyway?) or sophomores.
The actual reading of the book wasn’t that bad. I actually read before I go to bed every night so I just exchanged the book I was reading for Great Expectations. From there, it was easy to keep up with the reading because I’d read the amount I was supposed to, annotated it, then read a chapter or two more. That went on for a week or two. Then, I fell behind by just going to sleep instead of reading beforehand. So one night, I just cranked out about ten chapters and annotated them all. Because of that, I finished the book about two days before I was supposed to. This system really helped me because I could think about what I had just read while lying in bed trying to sleep.
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