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Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

3.83 AVERAGE

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

Jane Austen’s personal presence is far more obvious in this book than her other novels. She talks directly to the reader but for extended periods and sometimes on subjects not directly related to the book. Also the heroine of this particular novel is pretty stupid, but she is also sweet so it’s hard not to enjoy the novel, even if quite a lot of what’s going on happens above her head. 
I definitely enjoyed it it’s more in the form of Emma than of Mansfield which was a relief. 

Henry tilney: “yeah im like lowk a feminist like shii women are awesome i also love female authors like feminist literature is fire. I like you so much also im like 6’5 no biggie tho”
Catherine: “okay. Did ur dad commit homicide”
funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

look, it’s not my FAVORITE austen, but catherine “the only person in the room to not understand what’s going on, ever” morland is an idiot child and i love her very much.

i also love the random glimpses into how a younger jane austen thought & wrote.
emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

Me encontré muy inmersa en el drama que ocurría pero al final me quedé esperando más de lo que se ofreció al final, excelente escritura como siempre, Jane Austen always serving with that 🤌 pero como dije, la historia me dejó sintiendo como si estuviera incompleta y no me permitió conectar realmente con la relación amorosa de los personajes, I needed more 😔
funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
adventurous lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3,5 geven gaat niet, dus we geven Jane het voordeel van de twijfel!
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DID NOT FINISH: 20%

I am not familiar with the gothic genre, I don‘t read gothics and I don‘t care about a novel parodying the gothic genre.

Reading Austen‘s writing feels like repeatedly banging my head against the wall. The writing and word choices are just too old for my brain to comprehend. I don‘t know anything about what Austen was writing about so there is nothing to help me contextualize whatever is said or done.