Reviews - Northanger Abbey

10.8k reviews for:

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen

3.83 AVERAGE

kyleb's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted mysterious 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: Yes

runasto's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lizafrench's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny lighthearted 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

A quiet favorite Austen of mine. I am very charmed by the silly but relatable flaws of Catherine. I feel like her character and this book are slightly overlooked and a little underrated in Austen’s list.

jenkepesh's review against another edition

I don't quite know how it is that this is not listed among books I've read, for this must be the 7th or 8th time I read it. NA is a pretty lightweight book among Austen's finished work; the protagonist is surely the youngest and most naive. Her story seems less urgent than for any other of Austen's heroines, because she is simply on a fun summer visit with neighbors to Bath; Austen treats her like a kid on a lark, and when she returns home, she surely could go back to her previous life as the eldest of a slew of parson's children, happy and well-loved. (Fate intervenes.) Austen's narrative commentary is dry-witted throughout.