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samhend101's review
4.0
An enjoyable read.
I like that despite their awful beginning, we get to see ODC fall in love.
Wickham makes a second try to ruin Darcy's happiness.
I like that despite their awful beginning, we get to see ODC fall in love.
Wickham makes a second try to ruin Darcy's happiness.
readundancies's review
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
3.0
I don't love the premise of a marriage of necessity in my Pride and Prejudice variations.
In this case, I actually didn't hate it.
Unfortunately, while Darcy and Lizzy's betrothal and subsequent engagement period was actually kind of entertaining and sweet to read, Wickham and his manipulative tendencies, and his social awareness with respect to EQ was all over the place. His smugness rivalled Darcy's pride in that Lizzy could be in love with him, and every time his perspective came up, I was not impressed.
Plot-wise, nothing terribly exciting occurs that's not out of the ordinary, and this being novella, not a lot of character development and growth is expressed in a gripping way.
But, since it was so quick to get through, there truly was not enough time to really dislike it fully either.
So while I wasn't gaga for the whole thing, I didn't hate my reading experience, so if you're interested, I won't tell you to rethink that decision, but merely advise you to temper your expectations.
In this case, I actually didn't hate it.
Unfortunately, while Darcy and Lizzy's betrothal and subsequent engagement period was actually kind of entertaining and sweet to read, Wickham and his manipulative tendencies, and his social awareness with respect to EQ was all over the place. His smugness rivalled Darcy's pride in that Lizzy could be in love with him, and every time his perspective came up, I was not impressed.
Plot-wise, nothing terribly exciting occurs that's not out of the ordinary, and this being novella, not a lot of character development and growth is expressed in a gripping way.
But, since it was so quick to get through, there truly was not enough time to really dislike it fully either.
So while I wasn't gaga for the whole thing, I didn't hate my reading experience, so if you're interested, I won't tell you to rethink that decision, but merely advise you to temper your expectations.
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