I started and finished this book on the 27th of January as part of the Dymocks challenge, planning to use it as part of the ‘award-winning books’. however upon further research i realised that the book itself never received an award, only the author and the movie. I’ve already seen the movie and was familiar with the story but if i wasn’t then I’m not sure if i would have liked or understood this book. It was written in the late eighteen hundreds so the language is different and took me a moment to understand. This, and possibly the fact that I was tired when reading it made it a little hard to read. The character development (of how scrooge instantly realises that he can be better) is a bit unbelievable but I dont think it was meant to be believable, just thought inspiring. Which it was. 2.25 stars