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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
Me encantó este libro.
La prosa de Austen y su forma de ver el mundo, de describir la época y la complejidad de personajes, simplemente me encanta y habría encantado vivir en aquella época.
La prosa de Austen y su forma de ver el mundo, de describir la época y la complejidad de personajes, simplemente me encanta y habría encantado vivir en aquella época.
Good gradual introduction characters. No metaphors. Long sentences, some obscure language. Realistic instead of sentimental, romantic, escapism, sensational, rhetorical, thrilling. Irony and satire. A story about romantic relationships not really my thing.
emotional
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:
N/A
After reading Pride and Prejudice I wanted to read other works of Jane Austen too. This is how I picked up Sense and Sensibility. Of course right after having read Pride and Prejudice my expectations were very high for this book. However it did not quite meet those expectations. Of course it was still a very enjoyable read but it was not an extraordinarily good one. I enjoyed the story about the family and everthing but the main love storylines were not portrayed that well in my opinion. Of course it is still a very good book, which I liked while and after reading.
funny
lighthearted
tense
medium-paced
I really enjoyed this it was much funnier than Emma and it was so fun to read Austen where I don't already know the plot
Molto bello anche se ho trovato alcuni passaggi un po’ lenti; in generale la lettura è stata piacevole ma pesante. Non so se sia il romanzo più adatto per approcciare la Austen ma ho in intenzione di leggerne di altri.
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Yet again, my biggest regret is that I didn't give this book a chance, just because I expected it to be dull and without an interesting storyline. I started reading it with extemely low expectations, just curious to see what all the fuss was about (all of my book nerd friends who've read it absolutely adore it). After 50 pages I hadn't found anything that should interest me, so I put the book down and decided to continue some other time.
Now that I did find the time and the enthusiasm to finish it, I found a lot of similarities with Elinor and Marianne's relationship and my relationship with my sister. My sister is a dreamer just like Marianne and easily brushes those off who don't agree with her, and I tend to observe and analyze everything in the fear of making a rash decision and regretting it later in life, just like Elinor. For this reason I was hooked on finding out how the sisters ended up in this mess of feelings and sickness that circled around their existance.
Austen is truly a genius. I adored her word choices and ways to describe the feelings of the sisters. I felt like I was really there in their world listening and observing all the happenings messing up the nobelties lives. One of my new favourite books and authors.
Now that I did find the time and the enthusiasm to finish it, I found a lot of similarities with Elinor and Marianne's relationship and my relationship with my sister. My sister is a dreamer just like Marianne and easily brushes those off who don't agree with her, and I tend to observe and analyze everything in the fear of making a rash decision and regretting it later in life, just like Elinor. For this reason I was hooked on finding out how the sisters ended up in this mess of feelings and sickness that circled around their existance.
Austen is truly a genius. I adored her word choices and ways to describe the feelings of the sisters. I felt like I was really there in their world listening and observing all the happenings messing up the nobelties lives. One of my new favourite books and authors.
emotional
medium-paced
Mi menos favorito, pero muy bonitas historias