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maggiebook's review
3.0
Good characters and a somewhat engaging story. Seems very apparent this isn't a 100% Jane Austen novel but it was enjoyable ... just not the expected Austen standard.
As stated the story was engaging but slow. I didn't care for the narrator addressing the reader directly. It really pulled me out of the story and setting. The story also went gothic a couple of times which seemed out of place.
The characters were well written and their personalities were revealed through their own words and actions which I think Jane Austen does extremely well.
The biggest disappointment for me was the ending which seemed very anticlimactic and thrown together. Instead of continuing the story to the end you just got a summary of what happened.
As stated the story was engaging but slow. I didn't care for the narrator addressing the reader directly. It really pulled me out of the story and setting. The story also went gothic a couple of times which seemed out of place.
The characters were well written and their personalities were revealed through their own words and actions which I think Jane Austen does extremely well.
The biggest disappointment for me was the ending which seemed very anticlimactic and thrown together. Instead of continuing the story to the end you just got a summary of what happened.
merchantivory's review against another edition
3.0
i have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. my attachments are always excessively strong.
manderzreadz's review against another edition
5.0
What can I say? I continually reread all of her novels but this one I specifically read in the fall because of the ambiance and mood. Please read all of Austen!
jeremiahb's review against another edition
challenging
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
luci_thm's review
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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
4.0
jane austen is literally the funniest person ever I cant believe this book is real 😭 the last line had me gagged she’s so iconic for that.
also I relate to catherine on such a deep level she’s the definition of a silly teenage girl !!!
she read a couple too many horror books and then somehow convinced herself that the father of her fiancee is a murderer I love her so much.
also I relate to catherine on such a deep level she’s the definition of a silly teenage girl !!!
she read a couple too many horror books and then somehow convinced herself that the father of her fiancee is a murderer I love her so much.
eggjen's review
3.0
This was such a different Austen experience from previous books of hers that I've read. It was fun to read her poking fun at essentially her own usual genre in this very satirical and light hearted novel - and I definitely found myself rooting for the heroine, despite her major naiveté. My only complaint with the book is that all of the major obstacles in the book were resolved almost as soon as they were brought up - everything tied neatly with a bow. I'm sure that this was her intention, being a light satire and not her usual literary endeavor, but I much prefer her "usual literary endeavor" - this was a fun, light read and I enjoyed it, but by no means adored it as I have her other works.
marlisphillips's review
3.0
This is one of the more unusual Jane Austen books I have read in that it was very dramatic. I watched a movie version of it first and found it very bizarre so I had to read it to see how close the movie was to the book. The father-in-law in this story could have made the book fit the “7 deadly sins” prompt as he was guilty of greed and anger but I chose to use the “book without a picture on the cover” prompt. As usual with Austen’s books, the heroine was very sensible and we just had to wait for the rest of the characters to fall into place. A favorite passage in reference to reading history books: "I wish I were too. I read it a little as a duty, but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of popes and kings, the wars or pestilences, in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all-it is very tiresome