Great Expectations
Great Expectations by Charles Dickensby Charles Dickens
Shares rank 109 of 122 novels by recommenders
Recommended as a great novel, though most listed quotes describe a data-quality library with the same name, so the evidence for the book is thin.
Recommended as a great novel, though most listed quotes describe a data-quality library with the same name, so the evidence for the book is thin.
4 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 2
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 2 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Regarded as great novels
“If they are not great novels, I don't know what are.”
Comment from 20 Aug 2026 in “I like 'em thick OR: an apology to my English teachers”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Chapters padded with irrelevant material
“about 60 chapters of irrelevant stuff because Dickens was paid weekly by the chapter”
Comment from 10 Dec 2025 in “Oliver Sacks put himself into his case studies – what was the cost?”
Other novels people recommend
The four most recommended other novels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoevsky | 39 | 9 | 81% | 6 | — | Approved |
| The Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor Dostoevsky | 28 | 8 | 78% | 5 | — | Approved |
| Infinite Jestby David Foster Wallace | 26 | 5 | 84% | 9 | 10 yrs6 owners | Approved |
| The Great Gatsbyby F. Scott Fitzgerald | 24 | 9 | 73% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Great Expectationsby Charles DickensThis page | 2 | 2 | 50% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 4 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“If they are not great novels, I don't know what are.”
“requires to write the rule for the failure first, which is exactly the part that's hard”
“Importers from Great Expectations, dbt, Soda Core, ODCS 3.1”
“about 60 chapters of irrelevant stuff because Dickens was paid weekly by the chapter”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.