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kirame's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Chronic illness, and Toxic relationship
Minor: War, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition
reflective
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? It's complicated
4.5
This now rivals Northanger Abbey as my favorite Jane Austen. I love the main characters, and find the treatment of when to listen to advice and when to hold your own course to be surprisingly deep.
Content Warnings
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
bwbookshelf's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
lucya2803's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
claudiamacpherson's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
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? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Colonisation
Minor: War, Medical content, Sexism, Misogyny, and Transphobia
viktorsboy's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
The only character I cared about was Benwick. Everyone else seemed 2-dimensional and boring. I felt no reason to root for Anne, she did nothing to impress me. Nothing important really occurs to develop her character, so I don't understand why Wentworth suddenly decides he can drop his grudge and marry her.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
hrtlss_grl's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
anna_wa's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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? Yes
5.0
This semester, I have learned better than to reduce Jane Austen's works to simply love stories. They are stories of female agency/self-growth, packed with social/political/class commentary. And this one is no different - with the focus on those of Inherited Wealth losing celebrity status in Britain, and the ones of Earned Wealth (like the navy) gaining the public's love and affection instead.
However, having said all of that, I am a sap at heart and my heart was very full at the love story. I think a lot of that has to do with the way she structured it, starting 7 years after they had tried to get engaged and then given into the pressure by family to cancel their engagement. The way in which so much time has passed and yet there is still affection on both sides and neither has been able to find another, is something that warms my heart as a set-up. And then the way they find their way back to each other... it was so wonderful. I think this is my favorite of all the Austen love stories (yes, more than Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth).
Again though, it's not just a love story. It's also a story of Anne growing into herself, learning that her thoughts and feelings matter (something that her father and sister definitely never taught her), learning to speak up for herself, and learning awareness of her position in the changing society (an awareness that her sister and father never learn; they seem to be perpetually lost in the times when the title baronet actually meant something, which it definitely doesn't now in the time of Earned Wealth calling the shots). I loved and appreciated all of that, I did, but I am more than a little biased to the beautiful romantic ending despite it all. :3
Will definitely be keeping this one, not giving it back to the bookstore when my rental runs out.
However, having said all of that, I am a sap at heart and my heart was very full at the love story. I think a lot of that has to do with the way she structured it, starting 7 years after they had tried to get engaged and then given into the pressure by family to cancel their engagement. The way in which so much time has passed and yet there is still affection on both sides and neither has been able to find another, is something that warms my heart as a set-up. And then the way they find their way back to each other... it was so wonderful. I think this is my favorite of all the Austen love stories (yes, more than Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth).
Again though, it's not just a love story. It's also a story of Anne growing into herself, learning that her thoughts and feelings matter (something that her father and sister definitely never taught her), learning to speak up for herself, and learning awareness of her position in the changing society (an awareness that her sister and father never learn; they seem to be perpetually lost in the times when the title baronet actually meant something, which it definitely doesn't now in the time of Earned Wealth calling the shots). I loved and appreciated all of that, I did, but I am more than a little biased to the beautiful romantic ending despite it all. :3
Will definitely be keeping this one, not giving it back to the bookstore when my rental runs out.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: War
Cousin-cest never happens, but it is talked about as a desired outcome multiple times. The R word is used in its original (obsolete) way, as in "slowing down".skudiklier's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
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
5.0
I absolutely loved this book! Normally with Jane Austen it's hard not to compare everything to Pride and Prejudice; and though I still love P&P more of course, this is the first of her other novels that I felt could really hold up! It's lovely, and I highlighted so many lines, and I got through the last two thirds of the book in just two days. There were points at which I really didn't know how it would end or what would happen, which seems rare in romance. I really loved this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Fatphobia and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Incest
nehanaomi's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Incest, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death of parent, and Misogyny
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