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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3 1/2 Stars
It was difficult for me to get into this story. I know people have criticized Fanny's character--she's closer to Anne Elliot or even Elinor Dashwood, though perhaps without her humor, than to Elizabeth Bennet or Emma Woodhouse--and blamed her for the story being less interesting than Austen's more famous novels. However, it wasn't really her that bothered me. Austen's novels are more than romances; they're social commentary. Still, the Fanny's love of Edmund feels, as other reviewers have said, like a schoolgirl crush on a tutor. By the end of the story, I don't feel like their relationship makes sense. In Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasian, the characters in the main relationships seemed to develop together and, if they needed it, go through a period of redemption. In Mansfield Park, you don't get to see much of that part. The ending feels a bit rushed.
Still, Austen always writes interesting characters, and toward the end, I was definitely interested. If you haven't read Austen before, I don't suggest starting with Mansfield Park, but if you love her writing, it's still worth a read.
It was difficult for me to get into this story. I know people have criticized Fanny's character--she's closer to Anne Elliot or even Elinor Dashwood, though perhaps without her humor, than to Elizabeth Bennet or Emma Woodhouse--and blamed her for the story being less interesting than Austen's more famous novels. However, it wasn't really her that bothered me. Austen's novels are more than romances; they're social commentary. Still, the Fanny's love of Edmund feels, as other reviewers have said, like a schoolgirl crush on a tutor. By the end of the story, I don't feel like their relationship makes sense. In Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasian, the characters in the main relationships seemed to develop together and, if they needed it, go through a period of redemption. In Mansfield Park, you don't get to see much of that part. The ending feels a bit rushed.
Still, Austen always writes interesting characters, and toward the end, I was definitely interested. If you haven't read Austen before, I don't suggest starting with Mansfield Park, but if you love her writing, it's still worth a read.
took me WAY too long to figure out that she was in love with her cousin
3 1/2 Stars
It was difficult for me to get into this story. I know people have criticized Fanny's character--she's closer to Anne Elliot or even Elinor Dashwood, though perhaps without her humor, than to Elizabeth Bennet or Emma Woodhouse--and blamed her for the story being less interesting than Austen's more famous novels. However, it wasn't really her that bothered me. Austen's novels are more than romances; they're social commentary. Still, the Fanny's love of Edmund feels, as other reviewers have said, like a schoolgirl crush on a tutor. By the end of the story, I don't feel like their relationship makes sense. In Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasian, the characters in the main relationships seemed to develop together and, if they needed it, go through a period of redemption. In Mansfield Park, you don't get to see much of that part. The ending feels a bit rushed.
Still, Austen always writes interesting characters, and toward the end, I was definitely interested. If you haven't read Austen before, I don't suggest starting with Mansfield Park, but if you love her writing, it's still worth a read.
It was difficult for me to get into this story. I know people have criticized Fanny's character--she's closer to Anne Elliot or even Elinor Dashwood, though perhaps without her humor, than to Elizabeth Bennet or Emma Woodhouse--and blamed her for the story being less interesting than Austen's more famous novels. However, it wasn't really her that bothered me. Austen's novels are more than romances; they're social commentary. Still, the Fanny's love of Edmund feels, as other reviewers have said, like a schoolgirl crush on a tutor. By the end of the story, I don't feel like their relationship makes sense. In Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Persuasian, the characters in the main relationships seemed to develop together and, if they needed it, go through a period of redemption. In Mansfield Park, you don't get to see much of that part. The ending feels a bit rushed.
Still, Austen always writes interesting characters, and toward the end, I was definitely interested. If you haven't read Austen before, I don't suggest starting with Mansfield Park, but if you love her writing, it's still worth a read.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Jane Austen's novels were prescribed reading for British soldiers suffering from shellshocked during World War I. No wonder I turned to Mansfield Park in the midst of a pandemic and wildfires. It was a great solace!
La protagonista di questo romanzo è Fanny Prince, una ragazza che è nata in una famiglia numerosa, per poi essere condotta dagli zii ricchi, che vivono a Mansfield Park, insieme ai cugini.
La storia si svolge intorno alla vita della protagonista, dei cugini e dei nuovi vicini che arrivano dopo la morte dello zio “Mr Norris”, i cosiddetti Cranford.
Vi è un intreccio amoroso tra tutti i personaggi, tra delusioni e amore.
Non il mio libro preferito di Jane Austen, ma lo consiglio.
La storia si svolge intorno alla vita della protagonista, dei cugini e dei nuovi vicini che arrivano dopo la morte dello zio “Mr Norris”, i cosiddetti Cranford.
Vi è un intreccio amoroso tra tutti i personaggi, tra delusioni e amore.
Non il mio libro preferito di Jane Austen, ma lo consiglio.