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mollypdx's review
emotional
funny
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
4.5
starrysea98's review
4.0
3.5 stars.
after watching price and prejudice (2005); i again became wildly obsessed with everything austen, came across this book being recc’ed on booktok and immediately started reading it.
i wont lie, the beginning was rough. too dry and fantastical and, well, boring. i almost gave up. i skipped whole chunks of text because it was just repetitive.
but it got better. to anyone who’s on the verge of giving up thanks to that atrocious beginning, it does get better. when the governess shows up, that’s when it gets interesting.
my favourite part of the story is how anne grows into her own as someone who takes action and breaks out from her shell. when she finally stepped up, i screamed. the romance was also cute as hell and didn’t feel forced. i thought we were going to get a sad ending but thankfully, it’s a good one.
(also to be perfectly honest, i was living for the casual darcy and elizabeth mentions. i am and always will be pride and prejudice trash)
after watching price and prejudice (2005); i again became wildly obsessed with everything austen, came across this book being recc’ed on booktok and immediately started reading it.
i wont lie, the beginning was rough. too dry and fantastical and, well, boring. i almost gave up. i skipped whole chunks of text because it was just repetitive.
but it got better. to anyone who’s on the verge of giving up thanks to that atrocious beginning, it does get better. when the governess shows up, that’s when it gets interesting.
my favourite part of the story is how anne grows into her own as someone who takes action and breaks out from her shell. when she finally stepped up, i screamed. the romance was also cute as hell and didn’t feel forced. i thought we were going to get a sad ending but thankfully, it’s a good one.
(also to be perfectly honest, i was living for the casual darcy and elizabeth mentions. i am and always will be pride and prejudice trash)
lexicon3000's review
adventurous
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? It's complicated
4.25
I am thoroughly wracked by this tale. I wanted a liiiiittle bit more intimacy between the two MC’s as they grew older, but honestly? The writing was so poetic and lovely that I felt dumbstruck. That ending? Superb.
mychemicalseal's review against another edition
3.5
I enjoyed it as a viewpoint of a character we don't see much of in the original Pride and Prejudice, but I'm not a big fan of stories that do birth to death stories. I'd have liked it to pick a moment (say, leaving Rosings and shaking the laudanum) and go through exactly what Anne thought as she got used to a new life.
a_little_bit_of_erica's review
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
k_lenn's review
4.0
I love Anne de Bourgh with my entire heart.
Molly Greeley did a great job exploring sensitive topics in a way that's empathetic and (from my very limited historical knowledge) true to the time period. The writing is fantastic, the characters feel real, and the antagonist's motive is frustrating but human. I don't have anything negative to say.
I haven't read Pride and Prejudice yet, but this book made me very excited to do so. Seems like historical fiction is growing on me!
Molly Greeley did a great job exploring sensitive topics in a way that's empathetic and (from my very limited historical knowledge) true to the time period. The writing is fantastic, the characters feel real, and the antagonist's motive is frustrating but human. I don't have anything negative to say.
I haven't read Pride and Prejudice yet, but this book made me very excited to do so. Seems like historical fiction is growing on me!
jgreggs's review
lighthearted
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
3.0
jackiehorne's review
4.0
A Jane Austen canon extension, featuring the first-person narration of Anne de Bourgh, whose "sickliness" as a child is treated with laudanum, a treatment that continues into Anne's young adulthood. Until a letter from a previous governess prods the dreamy, half-drugged young woman to question the rightness of what she's always taken for granted, and she makes a break for freedom. Anne's first-person narrative voice put me more in mind of Charlotte Brontë than Austen—not at all a drawback, just a note that the prose is far more introspective and elegant than I was expecting. It's been a while since I took such pleasure in a writer's prose; Greeley is a superb, understated stylist. Will have to go back and check out her first book, [b:The Clergyman's Wife: A Pride & Prejudice Novel|44286204|The Clergyman's Wife A Pride & Prejudice Novel|Molly Greeley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1569893224l/44286204._SY75_.jpg|67107724], an imagining of the story of Charlotte Lucas/Collins.