Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

After 10 years and restarting about 4 times, I finally made my way through Great Expectations. One of my favorite movies from the 90s is the screen adaptation with Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow (probably one of her two best roles), so my brain primarily tied the scenes together by envisioning the movie. Pip falls in love with Estella at a young age, and when he suddenly comes into inheritance, he believes it is from Estella's guardian, Miss Havisham, and subsequently disowns his only family. It isn't until years later that he discovers the money comes from a much "dirtier" source, and his life is turned upside down as he tries to save his benefactor and make amends with his own previous decisions. Dickens pulls you along by emotion for the characters and what happens to them, and the plot moves slowly as a result, describing Pip's internal anguish.

In Progress:
Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office -Lois P. Frankel
Four Past Midnight -Stephen King