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Persuasion: An Annotated Edition by Jane Austen

9 reviews

katievallin's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and War

smallmac's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

It got pretty slow in the middle, but the breakneck ending more than made up for it.  Don't sleep on this one if you're exploring Austen, Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth are just as remarkable a couple as any of her others.  I especially recommend this book to people-pleasers and anyone who feels stifled in a toxic family or friend group.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Gaslighting

annabeth_jackson's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War

christinewonder's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

cleotheo's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Colonisation and War

Minor: Incest and Sexism

lorriss's review against another edition

hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Colonisation, and War

annamania99's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 Pride and Prejudice was the first Austen book I read, the first I watched as films, and the first I really loved. Reading Persuasion is not like reading Pride and Prejudice. They have similarities, in that the books focus on the flaws of the main characters, but the approach Austen takes in Persuasion is much different. The tone is much more melancholy, much less "bright and sparkling" as Austen described Pride and Prejudice. Anne, the book's heroine, is not witty and self-confident like Elizabeth, but she has a sureness in knowing herself that Elizabeth lacks. She is older than Elizabeth and has faced a great deal more in terms of loss and disappointment. Mainly, I think, Anne is isolated in a way Elizabeth is not. While Elizabeth has Jane, Charlotte, her father, and her aunt Gardiner to support her, Anne only has a pseudo-aunt in the form of her late mother's friend, and this changes how she interacts with the world a great deal.
Persuasion was the last book Austen wrote before she died, and was published by her sister after her death, making the themes of loss, regret, and lost time even more poignant.
This book doesn't hold the same place in my heart as Pride and Prejudice, but then it is for a very different mood. I think Anne's belief in and integrity to her own morals and her determination to find joy in small things during some of the most depressing times of her life make her an incredibly strong character; though, like in the book, I don't think these are things many people might notice. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Ableism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

uranaishi's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

kierscrivener's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

 Upon reread this was an compelling and nuanced and well done. I appreciated her coming into herself. And I adored the Crofts as secondary characters.

Read First: January 2018
Second: May 2021
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Sexism

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming and Medical content