The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Welcome to the A Christmas Carol Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on December 9th and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 12/09
9th -Stave I
10th -Stave II
11th -Stave III
12th -Stave IV
13th -Stave V

PARTICIPANTS
~Aikaterine
~Rther

Hi Aikaterine! So excited that we are reading this cozy gem of a classic!

Stave I
I really love the way Charles Dickens approaches the story telling, with its humor but also with moral depth. One of the parts that really struck me was the reason that Marley's ghost gave Scrooge about why he was walking the earth:

“'It is required of every man,' the Ghost returned, 'that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. It is doomed to wander through the world—oh, woe is me!—and witness what it cannot share, but might have shared on earth, and turned to happiness!'
”

Loving it so far.

Hi rther! It is truly exciting to be reading a classic! It has certainly been awhile.

Stave I, complete and I’m hooked! The writing style took me a second to feel comfortable with, but now I’m utterly invested to finally be reading the original story I’ve seen being remade over and over.

Hello @aikaterine! That's great! I really liked the second Stave with the Spirit of the Past! It was profound.

I just finished the third Stave and I was surprised at how the Ghost brought up Scrooge's own remarks about the poor. That was tough to swallow. There are still some parts that I haven't really understood. But the overall idea has been impactful.

Hi @rther, just finished last night! I put it down after Stave I 😂 but then I read the rest sooo quickly!

Honestly, I'm still thinking on how to rate this.

Overall, I liked this already well-known story, and I love that I finally read the original by Dickens! However, the language took me some time to get used to, especially as English is not my mother tongue.
And, it did go a bit quicker than I expected. I felt that Scrooge started realizing the wrong of his ways a bit faster than I would have thought. But, who knows how I would react if so many spirits came to visit me to change my ways? 😅