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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
The drama did not disappoint but the main characters are lame
I started reading Mansfield Park, in part because I wanted to better enrich myself with English classics. I tried reading Pride & Prejudice and couldn't finish that so I was like, well maybe I'll like something a little less catty instead.
Jane Austen isn't for the faint of heart and I know most people know this. The problem with her, for me, is the fact that the synopsis reads as if it will be light chick lit but, as it is written in the 18th century, it becomes similar to that of a reading of Shakespeare or Tolstoy or something equally taxing. Reading taxing literature is fine if there's like some really profound story underneath but when you have a plot about a mouse, poorly treated Cinderella-esque girl named Fannie living with her mean cousins and in her love with the one nice cousin she has it's just like: Can't I be using this effort for something more useful?
Which is what I am in doing, in taking this off my currently-read shelf. Someday there is a place for this book and I. Not now, however.
Jane Austen isn't for the faint of heart and I know most people know this. The problem with her, for me, is the fact that the synopsis reads as if it will be light chick lit but, as it is written in the 18th century, it becomes similar to that of a reading of Shakespeare or Tolstoy or something equally taxing. Reading taxing literature is fine if there's like some really profound story underneath but when you have a plot about a mouse, poorly treated Cinderella-esque girl named Fannie living with her mean cousins and in her love with the one nice cousin she has it's just like: Can't I be using this effort for something more useful?
Which is what I am in doing, in taking this off my currently-read shelf. Someday there is a place for this book and I. Not now, however.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn’t know anything about this one and at first I felt bad for Fanny Price but she started to piss me off towards the end! I wanted her to stop complaining and marry Henry Crawford (who ended up running off with Mariah who seemed like more of laugh anyway TBF).
Somerset Maugham says that Fanny and Edmund “are intolerable prigs and all [his] sympathies go out to the unscrupulous, sprightly, and charming Henry and Mary Crawford” - and I quite agree!!
Somerset Maugham says that Fanny and Edmund “are intolerable prigs and all [his] sympathies go out to the unscrupulous, sprightly, and charming Henry and Mary Crawford” - and I quite agree!!
emotional
reflective
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
Por vezes perdia me entre as personagens e nas intrigas apresentadas mas gostei de acompanhar o crescimento de Fanny, a personagem principal, e toda a moralidade da história. Não estou habituado a esta época e foi o meu primeiro livro de Jane Austen, talvez dai a minha dificuldade inicial em seguir com a leitura mas depois de me habituar ao estilo e ao tema consegui desfrutar da narrativa.
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
6 of 6 for Jane Austen- the final novel I need to read!
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DNF. I don’t care about the characters. Or the story. I was hoping it would get better, and right when I was starting to get interested -100 pages in- most of the book crossed to revolving around a dumb play I could not care less for. I also had a hard time telling the characters apart. Pride and Prejudice and Emma will remain the best and my favorite Austen’s!
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DNF. I don’t care about the characters. Or the story. I was hoping it would get better, and right when I was starting to get interested -100 pages in- most of the book crossed to revolving around a dumb play I could not care less for. I also had a hard time telling the characters apart. Pride and Prejudice and Emma will remain the best and my favorite Austen’s!