16.6k reviews for:

Persuasion

Jane Austen

4.11 AVERAGE

knippen's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted 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

r2robot's review against another edition

2.5

slow-paced

antclarkecowell's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

elilovesbooks10's review against another edition

5.0

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my favorite austen i might say

rachel16idk's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective

orangeowl55's review against another edition

5.0

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tintui's review against another edition

3.75

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

artemistics's review against another edition

5.0

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melancholic, funny, mature, real, romantic, beautiful. persuasion was probably the one jane austen book i had the most expectations about, precisely why i was decided to read all her works respecting the order; in my heart, i knew i could now read her last finished novel, written as she was becoming terminally ill, anytime before now, having gone through the rest of her novels. somehow, it managed to surpass all of my (decidedly high) expectations. there are a lot of things i could say about this book and austen, especially about how wonderful it feels to have witnessed her writing morph and bloom throughout the entirety of her work, and how perfect of a culmination of all her talents persuasion reads like, but i would spend hours talking about things that far more qualified people have already written about. all i can say for myself is that it's been a beautiful and changing journey to discover austen in full, and dare i say, a privilege, so even though i know i have unfinished manuscripts and letters to still find and be delighted by for the first time, i can't help but feel bittersweet to reach what feels like a finish line — but what a finish line it is! a warm goodbye, and a new beginning: i hope to keep finding new things in new rereads of any and all austens, and falling in love over again. i am half agony, half hope.

lauram23's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

meganormshaw's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes