How did you like it? It seems back then "'Our Mutual Friend' was #not regarded as one of Dickens's greatest successes", also: "Many critics found #fault with the plot. In 1865, The New York Times disapproved of Dickens's complicated conduct of his story, describing it as an 'involved plot combined with an entire absence of the skill to manage and unfold it'" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Mutual_Friend#Critical_reaction cc @question