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Lady Susan

Jane Austen

3.66 AVERAGE

adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thought i was going to have a brain aneurysm while reading this.
funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging funny sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Lady Susan perfectly reflects the life for many young women in the 1800s, and the sad importance of a mothers acceptance in marriage. The arrogance and manipulate way of thinking which Lady Susan possesses, makes the love stories in the book nothing but twisted and toxic. An exciting, dark, fast read that makes you root for a bad guy. Or a woman. 

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lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Lady Susan was great, a selfish and cunning protagonist to drive a narrative through the lense of letter. You see how the same actions are viewed in critical and kind light. 

Read in different edition: Omnibus of Lady Susan, Watsons, and Sandition 

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sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny fast-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
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

4.25 for Lady Susan and 3.5 for The Watsons (it was an unfinished and unpublished manuscript). 

Lady Susan was sassy, salacious and constantly had me smirking. The letter format of this short story was different but enjoyable and I loved the switch up of her manners to Reginald versus writing to Lady Johnson. 
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character