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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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
emotional
hopeful
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
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
A beautiful and sincere novel. Very believably from the same world as Jane’s novels but with a different tone. Every choice made seems believable to me but of course Hadlow gives her heroine a happy ending just like Austen chose too.
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
reflective
relaxing
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:
Complicated
For the most part, I thoroughly enjoyed this story. It was a really engaging story of self actualization of resilience, depression and self esteem. I really enjoyed Mary as a character and her battling with her sense of self-worth through rationality and education. It was a really interesting take on a character who has been bullied for her looks.
Mrs. Bennett, is it straight up villain and charlotte, lucas wasn't so far behind, but i'm so glad to have seen mary overcome the challenges and could turn out settled. However the romance lasted too long. The book should have been at least 4 hours shorter. As the unnecessary eighth act fight between Tom and Mary was dragged out for longer than anyone needed. Indeed, it is because of this.
That I have rated the book down one star.
Mrs. Bennett, is it straight up villain and charlotte, lucas wasn't so far behind, but i'm so glad to have seen mary overcome the challenges and could turn out settled. However the romance lasted too long. The book should have been at least 4 hours shorter. As the unnecessary eighth act fight between Tom and Mary was dragged out for longer than anyone needed. Indeed, it is because of this.
That I have rated the book down one star.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
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
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
This is the Brat remix album to Jane Austen’s much beloved Pride and Prejudice, everybody cheer!!!
That is to say, this story goes beyond homage or retelling, and instead becomes its own unique addition to the critiques and conversations Austen started in her own novel.
Fittingly, these 2 novels relate to each other in the way its own titular sisters do. The lessons Mary learned from her now married sisters are ruminated and expanded upon in this book.
I cannot begin to describe how visceral Mary’s loneliness was in the beginning of this novel. It’s interesting to see how differently the sisters were treated in their home and childhood, and how those experiences shaped each of them individually.
Nevertheless, following Mary’s realistic growth throughout this novel was such a joy to behold. Much like its inspiration, The Other Bennet Sister is also a novel of ethics. Where Pride and Prejudice was largely a critique of its titular vices, this novel instead interrogates the real internal workings of happiness.
Needless to say, I quite enjoyed this! Mary is a heroine I find painfully relatable, and while the main lessons to be found here aren’t necessarily groundbreaking, they’re welcome reminders to anyone navigating a less than perfect (love) life.
That is to say, this story goes beyond homage or retelling, and instead becomes its own unique addition to the critiques and conversations Austen started in her own novel.
Fittingly, these 2 novels relate to each other in the way its own titular sisters do. The lessons Mary learned from her now married sisters are ruminated and expanded upon in this book.
I cannot begin to describe how visceral Mary’s loneliness was in the beginning of this novel. It’s interesting to see how differently the sisters were treated in their home and childhood, and how those experiences shaped each of them individually.
Nevertheless, following Mary’s realistic growth throughout this novel was such a joy to behold. Much like its inspiration, The Other Bennet Sister is also a novel of ethics. Where Pride and Prejudice was largely a critique of its titular vices, this novel instead interrogates the real internal workings of happiness.
Needless to say, I quite enjoyed this! Mary is a heroine I find painfully relatable, and while the main lessons to be found here aren’t necessarily groundbreaking, they’re welcome reminders to anyone navigating a less than perfect (love) life.