I would like to break down the sterotype that people who don't like this book "aren't good readers, aren't mature, and don't look for a depper meaning." I have read QBVII, Oliver Twist, Cat's Cradle, Dune, The Source and many other challenging books and loved all of them. I have always found depper meanings and symbols and have really read between the lines and found a lot of symbols that others who are older than me did not find. In addition, I love Dickens' other books. I read A Tale of Two Cities and was apalled. There's no doubting it: Dickens is an absolute genius based solely on this book when it comes to his writing, but his story, plot and characters are much too bland. The entire plot, the whole thing all you people rave about, is based purely on coincidence: if Carton didn't look like Darnay, the book would be horrible. Of course, Carton does look like Darnay, but good books should not have to rely on a very improbable coincidence to be good. Darnay and Lucy are very weak and underdeveloped, I could make more developed and depp characters, as for Carton, he alone doesn't make up for the utter lack of depth in the other characters, and even he isn't that amazing. He seemed very superficial and predictable to me, like a soap opera. "I would die for you or anyone whom you love!" Please. The book does get better as you continue, but it just isn't realistic in the least, and I think that's a failingpoint. The way it reads, Dickens might have you believe that Madame Defarge led the whole revolution! If you are going to base a historical event on fictional characters, you have to do a better job than that. The symbolism is excellent, I will admit that, but it doesn't redeem the book whatsoever, and many of my friends agree that this book is highly overrated. As for the teacher, I am in an Honors English class in a pretty good high school (in Vermont) and only two people in my class of 28 enjoyed it. <br><br>Lastly, I noticed a few of you said people who didn't enjoy it obviously aren't old enough. I would like to point out that your grammar is atrocious compared to this, so can age really matter? I'm 16, by the way.