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3.26 AVERAGE
3.26 AVERAGE
The title initially made me pick up this book and the blurb about a modern day Jane Austen conference made me borrow this.
I enjoyed listening to the story of two relationships unfolding - Katherine's and Robyn's. Both different women but both with a love of Jane Austen. In the course of a weekend we see their relationships with the men in their lives changing.
I also enjoyed the conference parts and the characters and their passion for the Jane Austen books. Including that one conference goer that sets everyone's teeth on edge because she is 'right' all the time and hates to be corrected.
A lovely listen and a wonderful job on the accents.
I know see here that this is the first book fo Austen Addicts. I'm must get more.
I enjoyed listening to the story of two relationships unfolding - Katherine's and Robyn's. Both different women but both with a love of Jane Austen. In the course of a weekend we see their relationships with the men in their lives changing.
I also enjoyed the conference parts and the characters and their passion for the Jane Austen books. Including that one conference goer that sets everyone's teeth on edge because she is 'right' all the time and hates to be corrected.
A lovely listen and a wonderful job on the accents.
I know see here that this is the first book fo Austen Addicts. I'm must get more.
This was a really sweet and funny book. I truly enjoyed it. The writing was wonderful and the story flowed beautifully. I really loved having a few of my favorite lines quoted, specifically the letter from Persuasion. It was hard to put down once you started so don't try to read a little on your lunch hour like I did. =)
I write my review for all 3 of this series in one because I don't feel these books deserve any more of my time.
I read these because they were given to me and I had them around. They had good plots, but not good characters. The plots were what kept me going in reading these. These characters were getting in to such messes that i needed to see how these things were going to resolve them selves. so for that they were great.
It was really her characters who were the death of me. That and he annoying use of words that people would not normally say (specifically "whilst" made me cringe every single time). Her Characters were not at all relatible to me. And maybe that was just a me thing but I found my self more annoyed with them then anything. My first argument is that they were to extreme in anything they did, All her characters were all or nothing for only one thing.
They were also all so fast to jump in with their feelings. ex: "oh i have know you for 12 hours? im almost sure I am in love with you completely" or "oh we have been in this vacation setting for 3 days and i hardly know you but I am thinking that I would love for you and your child to move in with me and i will help support them and be your lover"
This is just not at all how the world works. It was like all of these people came from a fairytail land and met up with each other.
Clearly this drove me mad and it made the stories really hard to enjoy, there was not one character that i was felt like I was able to relate to any person I have ever met, which is crazy. I have felt more of a connection with mid-evil sources because their characters were so well written then with any of the "heros" in the book, which on paper I should have been able to under stand more then most books.
Over all If I had know about all this and the books were not already in my possession I would not have gone out of my way to find them and read them.
I read these because they were given to me and I had them around. They had good plots, but not good characters. The plots were what kept me going in reading these. These characters were getting in to such messes that i needed to see how these things were going to resolve them selves. so for that they were great.
It was really her characters who were the death of me. That and he annoying use of words that people would not normally say (specifically "whilst" made me cringe every single time). Her Characters were not at all relatible to me. And maybe that was just a me thing but I found my self more annoyed with them then anything. My first argument is that they were to extreme in anything they did, All her characters were all or nothing for only one thing.
They were also all so fast to jump in with their feelings. ex: "oh i have know you for 12 hours? im almost sure I am in love with you completely" or "oh we have been in this vacation setting for 3 days and i hardly know you but I am thinking that I would love for you and your child to move in with me and i will help support them and be your lover"
This is just not at all how the world works. It was like all of these people came from a fairytail land and met up with each other.
Clearly this drove me mad and it made the stories really hard to enjoy, there was not one character that i was felt like I was able to relate to any person I have ever met, which is crazy. I have felt more of a connection with mid-evil sources because their characters were so well written then with any of the "heros" in the book, which on paper I should have been able to under stand more then most books.
Over all If I had know about all this and the books were not already in my possession I would not have gone out of my way to find them and read them.
Anything with Mr Darcy in has to be good, or at least allusions. Here there were so many allusions it kind of felt like a boastful, 'I like Austen more than you' scenario. Don't get me wrong it was enjoyable and addictive and an easy, relaxing read but I felt there was less of the story line and more about the adaptions of Jane Austen's novels than anything else. I did however, not put it down for the entire day and finished it in within 5 hours so that must count for something!
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Very fluffy, but a nice read. Even better since I read it following my first trip to England and visited Oxford while on the trip. The setting came to life in a new way.
I'm not a Janeite, but I do love Jane Austin and fan fiction about her novels. A Weekend With Mr Darcy is a light, easy beach read, where the girl gets her hero. I love happy endings!
I usually do not go for such fluff, which this book is advertised as practically on the front cover. However, I might pick up a book of similar tastes more often, as it was an enjoyable, easy read.
It made me smile and giggle, although some of the characters irked me. Katherine for instance, with her willful misunderstanding of Warwick, although I realize this was a subtle nod (perhaps not so subtle) to Pride and Prejudice itself.
Otherwise, it was a pleasant read. By no means deep or a read that would make you think, however I enjoyed. One thing that put me off though was the way some of the characters spoke. Their conversations seemed highly stylized. The way they couched their phrases and the words they used, even in a normal conversation, were very formal and almost too like the speech in Jane Austen's novels. I understand the book is an romantic homage to Jane Austen, but the conversations of the characters were more believable for ladies and gentlemen of the 18th and 19th centuries than of today.
(SPOILER ALERTS) Skip to last paragraph if you do not want to know.
At one point when Katherine mentions her night with Warwick (which I though even for a romance novel was a trifle too fast) she then hastens to add, "Oh, did I shock you?' to her friend Robin, who was, yes, younger than, but an adult all the same. Perhaps it was just the way the scene was set up, but the old fashioned sense of it (and I am old-fashioned at certain things so I am by no means necessarily ridiculing it) was almost forced, or trite even.
Lorna Warwick turning out to be man was shock, not because it was a man who wrote historical romances, but because the opening scene with his character was so feminine that I firmly believed it was a woman and was wondering if she was a lesbian, considering the way she thought of Katherine and her letters. Even after the fact, Warwick still seemed extremely feminine. It wasn't his profession, or his love of writing novels, and writing letters to Katherine, it was his thoughts and at times the way the author described him as moving or interacting with others. There really wasn't a sense of the man about him. Don't get me wrong, I do not require all the male characters I read to be he-man, testosterone charged warriors. It was just obvious that the male character was written by a woman, if that makes sense.
All in all, I give it 5 out 5 stars, though. It was a fun read, and the romance was delicious and innocent at the same time. I always enjoy Jane Austen spin offs or sequels, and this one was no exception. The things that bothered me would not deter me from reading the author again.
It made me smile and giggle, although some of the characters irked me. Katherine for instance, with her willful misunderstanding of Warwick, although I realize this was a subtle nod (perhaps not so subtle) to Pride and Prejudice itself.
Otherwise, it was a pleasant read. By no means deep or a read that would make you think, however I enjoyed. One thing that put me off though was the way some of the characters spoke. Their conversations seemed highly stylized. The way they couched their phrases and the words they used, even in a normal conversation, were very formal and almost too like the speech in Jane Austen's novels. I understand the book is an romantic homage to Jane Austen, but the conversations of the characters were more believable for ladies and gentlemen of the 18th and 19th centuries than of today.
(SPOILER ALERTS) Skip to last paragraph if you do not want to know.
At one point when Katherine mentions her night with Warwick (which I though even for a romance novel was a trifle too fast) she then hastens to add, "Oh, did I shock you?' to her friend Robin, who was, yes, younger than, but an adult all the same. Perhaps it was just the way the scene was set up, but the old fashioned sense of it (and I am old-fashioned at certain things so I am by no means necessarily ridiculing it) was almost forced, or trite even.
Lorna Warwick turning out to be man was shock, not because it was a man who wrote historical romances, but because the opening scene with his character was so feminine that I firmly believed it was a woman and was wondering if she was a lesbian, considering the way she thought of Katherine and her letters. Even after the fact, Warwick still seemed extremely feminine. It wasn't his profession, or his love of writing novels, and writing letters to Katherine, it was his thoughts and at times the way the author described him as moving or interacting with others. There really wasn't a sense of the man about him. Don't get me wrong, I do not require all the male characters I read to be he-man, testosterone charged warriors. It was just obvious that the male character was written by a woman, if that makes sense.
All in all, I give it 5 out 5 stars, though. It was a fun read, and the romance was delicious and innocent at the same time. I always enjoy Jane Austen spin offs or sequels, and this one was no exception. The things that bothered me would not deter me from reading the author again.
Originally rated 3 stars but as I don't really see myself picking up this book again I changed it to 2. I didn't absolutely hate it and it was ok while I read it so 2 stars it is.
Not really a spoiler but as I'm mentioning something from the story I'll say spoiler alert.
I laughed during the quiz when the question about what Mr. Collins reads after dinner to the ladies was asked and no one seems to know the answer. Are you kidding!? With all the characters appearing to be such avid fans with multiple copies of both literature and theater works I couldn't believe that was what stumped them. The answer came to me immediately!
I think it would be fun to attend a conference like this but I was somewhat disappointed with the story itself. Still going to check out the other books. Wouldn't hurt to at least read them once.
Not really a spoiler but as I'm mentioning something from the story I'll say spoiler alert.
I laughed during the quiz when the question about what Mr. Collins reads after dinner to the ladies was asked and no one seems to know the answer. Are you kidding!? With all the characters appearing to be such avid fans with multiple copies of both literature and theater works I couldn't believe that was what stumped them. The answer came to me immediately!
I think it would be fun to attend a conference like this but I was somewhat disappointed with the story itself. Still going to check out the other books. Wouldn't hurt to at least read them once.