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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
FUCK I did it! It's DONE
A later work than Austen's favorites P&P or S&S, this one was written in a particularly gloomy and piety-horny phase of her life, and it shows. The professor in the intro of the Wordsworth Classics version relays this biographical information in a valiant attempt to defends Mansfield Park as one of the less popular of Austen's books, even among Austenites.
"The main characters are supposed to be dull and passive because Austen was at a time of her life when Evangelism started looking appealing and wit and social graces lost their shine to her."
LOL ok I'll hang out with the sinners bruh
three stars for its historiographical value
A later work than Austen's favorites P&P or S&S, this one was written in a particularly gloomy and piety-horny phase of her life, and it shows. The professor in the intro of the Wordsworth Classics version relays this biographical information in a valiant attempt to defends Mansfield Park as one of the less popular of Austen's books, even among Austenites.
"The main characters are supposed to be dull and passive because Austen was at a time of her life when Evangelism started looking appealing and wit and social graces lost their shine to her."
LOL ok I'll hang out with the sinners bruh
three stars for its historiographical value
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I surprisingly really enjoyed it.
I kind of understand the reviews that say that this book is the one who feels and reads like Jane Austen didn’t write it herself, this could be for the lack of romance. Which I’m really surprised that this book had absolutely no romance in it, where is it? Where is the magic of falling in love with someone? T.T
The plot: it dragged, some chapters could be a few paragraphs, they were tedious to read but I still found them enjoyable (thanks to the audiobook).
The characters didn’t have any character development, one of them was Fanny, our protagonist. She most of all needed it, I wish she went from her shy/timid self to a secure woman, who knew her value and respect she deserved. I could relate to her and understood her character. She wasn’t valued or respected by anyone. She was NO ONES priority, everyone forgot about her, even her own family 😭
Something I don’t enjoy from Jane Austen is the way she fixes everything in the last chapter, including the romance of the main characters. Like I want the romance development 😭
I still liked it though. I really did.
Top tier of Jane Austen works I’ve read:
1. Lady Susan
2. Northanger Abbey
3. Persuasion
4. Pride and prejudice
5. Emma
6. Mansfield park
7. Sense and sensibility (she’s at the bottom, maybe bc I read her right after Jane Eyre, a book that does have deeper topics)
I kind of understand the reviews that say that this book is the one who feels and reads like Jane Austen didn’t write it herself, this could be for the lack of romance. Which I’m really surprised that this book had absolutely no romance in it, where is it? Where is the magic of falling in love with someone? T.T
The plot: it dragged, some chapters could be a few paragraphs, they were tedious to read but I still found them enjoyable (thanks to the audiobook).
The characters didn’t have any character development, one of them was Fanny, our protagonist. She most of all needed it, I wish she went from her shy/timid self to a secure woman, who knew her value and respect she deserved. I could relate to her and understood her character. She wasn’t valued or respected by anyone. She was NO ONES priority, everyone forgot about her, even her own family 😭
Something I don’t enjoy from Jane Austen is the way she fixes everything in the last chapter, including the romance of the main characters. Like I want the romance development 😭
I still liked it though. I really did.
Top tier of Jane Austen works I’ve read:
1. Lady Susan
2. Northanger Abbey
3. Persuasion
4. Pride and prejudice
5. Emma
6. Mansfield park
7. Sense and sensibility (she’s at the bottom, maybe bc I read her right after Jane Eyre, a book that does have deeper topics)
Another good Jane Austen book - not as good as Pride and Prejudice but enjoyable.
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As somebody who loves anything to do with Austen, this book is so difficult for me to review. I love the story, and the writing is as usual impeccable and suitably sarcastic, but the ending is painful for me to read. Although we all know that every Austen book is going to end with a romantic happy ending, and I'm certainly a sucker for a happy ending, the end of this book just feels like it was quickly wrapped up in a rush, without much explanation or justification for the characters actions - Austen says in the book that she knows that reader's opinions will differ on some parts of Edward and Fanny's happy ending, and so leaves the sensitive bits up to the reader! I don't mind things being left for the reader to decide, but the ending of this just did not cut it for me.
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
hi edmund bertram! start running.
Jane Austen nunca decepciona, apesar do final da história ser exatamente o que eu não queria que acontecesse.
Veja bem, entendo que o livro é um retrato da sociedade da época, por vezes até aumentado por conta das críticas da autora, mas, como uma leitura da atualidade, gostaria de ter visto uma mudança por amor. Não nego, torci até o último segundo pela mudança da natureza dos irmãos Crawford.
Queria de todo coração que Henry tivesse se mantido fiel aos sentimentos por Fanny e conseguisse conquistá-la e que Mary desistisse do casamento por interesse para viver uma vida pacata ao lado de Edmund.
Fanny não é a mocinha que eu gosto ou torço. Ela é insípida, chata, passiva, boazinha demais... Talvez casando com Henry ele conseguisse despertar nela alguma característica que a tornasse mais interessante.
Odiei que no final toda a mudança de Henry foi jogada na lata do lixo só para satisfazer a vontade da Fanny de casar com Edmund. PIOR CASAL! É até meio nojento pensar neles dois como um casal. Edmund sempre a tratou como irmã, até a chamou assim por diversas vezes. Ver ele mudar de opinião de forma tão rápida e só porque não tinha como desposar seu verdadeiro amor foi totalmente anticlimático.
Embora o final da história não seja minha parte preferida, é inegável o quanto a Srta. Austen é uma escritora maravilhosa. O livro é extenso e ainda assim me vi fisgada, não queria parar de ler de forma alguma, queria saber o destino de todos...
Enfim, mais um ótimo clássico!
Veja bem, entendo que o livro é um retrato da sociedade da época, por vezes até aumentado por conta das críticas da autora, mas, como uma leitura da atualidade, gostaria de ter visto uma mudança por amor. Não nego, torci até o último segundo pela mudança da natureza dos irmãos Crawford.
Queria de todo coração que Henry tivesse se mantido fiel aos sentimentos por Fanny e conseguisse conquistá-la e que Mary desistisse do casamento por interesse para viver uma vida pacata ao lado de Edmund.
Fanny não é a mocinha que eu gosto ou torço. Ela é insípida, chata, passiva, boazinha demais... Talvez casando com Henry ele conseguisse despertar nela alguma característica que a tornasse mais interessante.
Odiei que no final toda a mudança de Henry foi jogada na lata do lixo só para satisfazer a vontade da Fanny de casar com Edmund. PIOR CASAL! É até meio nojento pensar neles dois como um casal. Edmund sempre a tratou como irmã, até a chamou assim por diversas vezes. Ver ele mudar de opinião de forma tão rápida e só porque não tinha como desposar seu verdadeiro amor foi totalmente anticlimático.
Embora o final da história não seja minha parte preferida, é inegável o quanto a Srta. Austen é uma escritora maravilhosa. O livro é extenso e ainda assim me vi fisgada, não queria parar de ler de forma alguma, queria saber o destino de todos...
Enfim, mais um ótimo clássico!