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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
hopeful
medium-paced
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
[Read for a Jane Austen Class]
When her old love comes back into Anne Elliot’s life, she must deal with her conflicted feelings and her family’s opinions while finding her way back to the love she thought she lost.
When I first started reading Persuasion, I was convinced that I wasn’t going to like it. However, Anne Elliot is such a wonderful character and a pleasantly different heroine than Elizebeth Bennet or Emma Woodhouse. She’s older, wiser, and weighed down by her emotions in a way that make her so relatable. I adored Anne’s character. The love story, while maybe not necessarily as engaging or interesting as P&P, relies on a lot of tropes that I like so I still found it enjoyable to read.
The pacing is a bit slower, perhaps because Anne is very different from other Jane Austen heroines, and while it’s definitely not the worst it’s also not the best either.
Overall, it’s a good and sweet story and I recommend it.
When her old love comes back into Anne Elliot’s life, she must deal with her conflicted feelings and her family’s opinions while finding her way back to the love she thought she lost.
When I first started reading Persuasion, I was convinced that I wasn’t going to like it. However, Anne Elliot is such a wonderful character and a pleasantly different heroine than Elizebeth Bennet or Emma Woodhouse. She’s older, wiser, and weighed down by her emotions in a way that make her so relatable. I adored Anne’s character. The love story, while maybe not necessarily as engaging or interesting as P&P, relies on a lot of tropes that I like so I still found it enjoyable to read.
The pacing is a bit slower, perhaps because Anne is very different from other Jane Austen heroines, and while it’s definitely not the worst it’s also not the best either.
Overall, it’s a good and sweet story and I recommend it.
emotional
hopeful
tense
Re-read and would read again. The exploration of when to be flexible and when to stand your ground is central to the story.
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I've read most of Jane Austen's books (all but Northanger Abbey) and am trying to listen to all of the audiobooks now. Nadia May does a good job at capturing the different characters, although I still adore Katherine Kellgren's reading of Pride and Prejudice. Persuasion is an emotional story, although it doesn't feel like much happens throughout the course of it. I still enjoy it nonetheless, and am happy to see Anne get a happy ending with a deserving man.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death of parent
Minor: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail