# Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' - December 2013

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**Created:** [November 30, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-december-2013/675133 "2013-11-30T13:02:26Z")\
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From last month’s thread, regarding Dickens’ _Our Mutual Friend_

> [@Khadaji's Whatcha Readin' - November 2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-readin-november-2013/672763/77):
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> It’s not bad, and I agree that it has a different flavour than some of his other books. Unfortunately (without mentioning any spoilers) it has a plot twist that’s even clunkier than usual because he changed his mind about something partway through.

I finished it last night and I have to agree on the clunkiness. The ending of this one clanked around like a sack full of cast iron skillets. I did like how Mortimer and Twemlow managed to shut down the malicious gossip at the Veneerings’ last dinner party, though.

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