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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
comment dire que j'ai été assez déçue de l'histoire en fait...
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-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
Delightful. I feel as if Elinor and Marianne are as real and intimately known to me as my own friends.
reflective
slow-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
funny
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:
Yes
emotional
funny
inspiring
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:
Complicated
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
'true' rating: 2.5
Before you run away or start up the flame thrower - I have very good opinions on the other works of Austen I have read. If your blood pressure has regulate, feel free to continue.
This classic explores the lives of two sisters and their romantic entanglements after being economically reduced when their financial circumstances fall into the hands of their half sibling. Given the times in which this is placed, a person's fortune in all terms of the word, dictate that prospects rely heavily on finding proper socioeconomic arrangements in which personal affection are a fancy not a necessity. Though Marianne and Elinor's hearts desire are the motivation of the plot, underlying is the sisterhood and the ways in which their personalities both balance and are aligned in essence even if how their intent manifests in their behavior differs.
If this were a sociological piece combining the philosophy of terminology referring to the desirable, sensible, and noble goals vs. the intolerable, fanciful, and commendable and the psychology of individual complexity through the analysis of the mutability of actions and personal ethos as we develop after experiencing significant life changes I may have strong regard for this piece. However, "Sense and Sensibility" is not in the archive of scientific journals nor historical as a view of past conventions. This is a novel. As such, subject to a matter of personal response through enjoyment or enrichment is applicable.
AS indicated above, I can see the topics and themes Austen was preoccupied with. They are common threads between many of her works that I have enjoyed. Other works are why I've never doubted why she deserves to be in the pantheon of classic writers far beyond the rarity of her success as a woman in the era. I'm not entirely sure I would have had the same opinion if this were the first work of hers I had encountered. It is by far the weakest application of the issues she uses her work to address.
If this novel is dear to someone as they've connected to the relationship and support between the sisters, I can understand. I see that. I'm happy it resonated with you.
What was frustrating as a reader was that I could never tell if each character was supposed to be satirical characterization of underlying dispositions by making those tendencies their defining feature or a more cynical snarky snappy commentary on the times. The tone, mood, and realistic unfolding of events kept whip lashing from one side to the other. I would say it was a story of personal journey and development, but how can that be when even when the lesson learned is undermined as the original ambitions they would be moving on from are not removed and in some cases affirmed?
A purely subjective concern was I found every single character near insufferable by the novel's end. If one or two of the cast are caricatures with over the top personalities, the fixated matchmaker and gossiper, the 'ditzy' social starlet or 'naive' youth, it can be charming. It gets old when nearly everyone is when characters also continue to make choices that make you want to shake them or spend the entire book hoping at least they'll take their experiences and change. Arguably, the one who actually seems to change the most is Marianne. What's her 'reward'? To end up essentially chained to circumstances in the way the reader hope Elinor breaks away from in the beginning!
If I am permitted one pure rant sans spoilers, how given other known folly of Willoughby is that man even REMOTELY redeemable? I'll accept he's slightly less wretched. But we're supposed to sympathize for him digging his own grave and leave our heroines seeing him in any sort of positive light? NO. No thank you! On the other hand I had high, high, hopes for Colonel Brandon. And just...hair pulling scream at how that resulted.
Before you run away or start up the flame thrower - I have very good opinions on the other works of Austen I have read. If your blood pressure has regulate, feel free to continue.
This classic explores the lives of two sisters and their romantic entanglements after being economically reduced when their financial circumstances fall into the hands of their half sibling. Given the times in which this is placed, a person's fortune in all terms of the word, dictate that prospects rely heavily on finding proper socioeconomic arrangements in which personal affection are a fancy not a necessity. Though Marianne and Elinor's hearts desire are the motivation of the plot, underlying is the sisterhood and the ways in which their personalities both balance and are aligned in essence even if how their intent manifests in their behavior differs.
If this were a sociological piece combining the philosophy of terminology referring to the desirable, sensible, and noble goals vs. the intolerable, fanciful, and commendable and the psychology of individual complexity through the analysis of the mutability of actions and personal ethos as we develop after experiencing significant life changes I may have strong regard for this piece. However, "Sense and Sensibility" is not in the archive of scientific journals nor historical as a view of past conventions. This is a novel. As such, subject to a matter of personal response through enjoyment or enrichment is applicable.
AS indicated above, I can see the topics and themes Austen was preoccupied with. They are common threads between many of her works that I have enjoyed. Other works are why I've never doubted why she deserves to be in the pantheon of classic writers far beyond the rarity of her success as a woman in the era. I'm not entirely sure I would have had the same opinion if this were the first work of hers I had encountered. It is by far the weakest application of the issues she uses her work to address.
If this novel is dear to someone as they've connected to the relationship and support between the sisters, I can understand. I see that. I'm happy it resonated with you.
What was frustrating as a reader was that I could never tell if each character was supposed to be satirical characterization of underlying dispositions by making those tendencies their defining feature or a more cynical snarky snappy commentary on the times. The tone, mood, and realistic unfolding of events kept whip lashing from one side to the other. I would say it was a story of personal journey and development, but how can that be when even when the lesson learned is undermined as the original ambitions they would be moving on from are not removed and in some cases affirmed?
A purely subjective concern was I found every single character near insufferable by the novel's end. If one or two of the cast are caricatures with over the top personalities, the fixated matchmaker and gossiper, the 'ditzy' social starlet or 'naive' youth, it can be charming. It gets old when nearly everyone is when characters also continue to make choices that make you want to shake them or spend the entire book hoping at least they'll take their experiences and change. Arguably, the one who actually seems to change the most is Marianne. What's her 'reward'? To end up essentially chained to circumstances in the way the reader hope Elinor breaks away from in the beginning!
If I am permitted one pure rant sans spoilers, how given other known folly of Willoughby is that man even REMOTELY redeemable? I'll accept he's slightly less wretched. But we're supposed to sympathize for him digging his own grave and leave our heroines seeing him in any sort of positive light? NO. No thank you! On the other hand I had high, high, hopes for Colonel Brandon. And just...hair pulling scream at how that resulted.