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Emma by Jane Austen

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wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This one dragged on a bit to really hammer the point home.

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emilywemily6's review against another edition

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challenging funny hopeful 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

I love this book and every rendition of it that I’ve ever seen, but it was SO SLOW. This time period and Jane Austen in general writes in a really dense way. I like the humanly imperfect characters and there are a lot of funny moments.

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tannemilia's review against another edition

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

3.0


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lindseyhall44's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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

“Time did not compose her. As she reflected more, she seemed to feel it more.”
Emma was such a bittersweet read for me, because although it was by far my favorite Austen novel, it was also my last time experiencing the joy of her words for the first time. I am very greatful for the reader, and person, I have developed into because of Jane Austen.
Emma is not only a beautiful, gentle love story (albeit with a few flaws of age), but also a whipsmart telling of growing up. The gossip, humor, and absolute blunders that the characters made were so much fun to read. I would highly, highly recommend!

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anna_m_k's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5


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linnylionheart's review against another edition

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

3.0


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bessadams's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

There’s a lot of classism in the book but we have narrator so I wouldn’t say the book fully believes any of it though probably some give. The context and times the book was made in and class of the author and so forth. But the only racism it is not five stars is the random but very explicit racism to Romani people in like chapters 39 to 42  out if 55 where a begging child is seen as some danger to this delicate white wealthy women and just popping out of bushes to ambush them god forbid for money. Incredibly ridiculous and racist. 

It had some weird age gap stuff not even the age gap itself but like complimenting the male interest for watching and participating in her childhood which never of as grooming per se but was kinda creepy and and screamed father issues to me. Otherwise a lot of fun with a spoiled unreliable narrator. 

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frantically's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Not my Austen cup of tea. Going against other low reviews, I actually really enjoyed Emma as a main character — yes, she's absolutely spoiled and a bit of a bitch but for me at least, she was really fun to read about it. This book was just too dragged out for me with too many characters whose stories weren't interesting enough. Have to say, though, that I really enjoyed the last 2/3 chapters and they made me end the book on a positive note.

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divine529's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I've read "Emma" several times before, but this was the closest I think I've ever read it. 

I read it this time along with an audiobook I got from the library and I always struggle with audiobooks, but the narrator wasn't my favorite, so it made it a little extra difficult. 

For those of you who don't know what this book is about, it follows our main protagonist, Emma, a matchmaker by nature and a busy-body, who always ends up getting in trouble due to her shenanigans. Like Austen's other novels, this one is still about class and finding love and there's a lot of different forms of that here as always. 

It's by far my favorite Austen novel, but I always find myself enjoying the third part of the book a fair bit. And as much as Emma and Knightley's relationship age gap bothers me, I love their witty banter and friendship and love them as a couple. I definitely always enjoy reading Knightley as a hero and this time was no different. 

It might be awhile before I reread this one, but I'm sure I will again sometime in the future. 

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