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rosea's review
2.0
I can't actually work out if I enjoyed this or not... I'm a sucker for modern Emma fanfiction (which is what this is) and I found elements of the premise interesting. I quite liked the updating of Emma and Harriet and Jane but I had serious problems with "Mark" Knightley. (First, why the name change? Isn't George a suitably modern name? Bizarre.) The Mr. Knightley in the novel would never have behaved as callously as this Mark Knightley did and his relationship with a 2D cardboard cut-out "bitch girlfriend" who is actually described as looking like Morticia was both unnecessary and poorly executed. I don't object to there being sex in a modern version if it fits the setting but in this case there were times when it really didn't and one of the occasions had issues of consent which turned me off a lot, although admittedly that was (semi) dealt with in the text.
This is Emma lite. It's not badly written and there are engaging elements in the female characters and modernisation of the plot - enough to keep me reading and curious as to what the author would do. But if you are going to take on a modern adaptation of Jane Austen, I think you have to do a bit better than this to be honest.
This is Emma lite. It's not badly written and there are engaging elements in the female characters and modernisation of the plot - enough to keep me reading and curious as to what the author would do. But if you are going to take on a modern adaptation of Jane Austen, I think you have to do a bit better than this to be honest.
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