Reviews

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

ainoan's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

sapphichaos's review against another edition

funny 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

3.0

lids_84's review against another edition

lighthearted 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

2.0

As an avid reader I decide I must read a Jane Austen book, but sadly I just didn’t love it. I struggled with the age difference in the love matches and the fact that a character could talk to another character the whole book but end up marrying her sister. There was a lot of characters and a lot of conversation back and forth and it all just got a bit much. I was saved by the fact it was narrated by the gorgeous Kate Windsor but otherwise this was not for me

raisingself's review against another edition

emotional relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

Something  just did not translate for me.

pathlesspisces's review against another edition

I’ll just flat out admit that I stopped reading after realizing Elinor and Brandon really wouldn’t end up getting together, and I’m salty about that enough to not want to finish the book lol. I did end up looking up the ending to confirm that Brandon and Marianne get married, and it feels cheap and, just, not a good match at all? Like I don’t feel like it would end up staying a happy marriage.

Am I being a bit petty about this? Yes.

Anyway, won’t be finishing this one. Sorry Jane.

sklus's review against another edition

4.0

Listen, I fully understand why the book ended the way it did. Marianne and Colonel Brandon were equals because they’d both had their hearts broken by their first love, and she was 18 instead of 16 now so it’s less creepy that he was thirty something. And it’s ironic that Elinor married her first and only love, but Marianne falls in love again despite insisting you can only fall in love once. Yeah yeah I get it. But Colonel Brandon should have married Elinor. 1) It’s creepy that Marianne reminds him of his ward (or maybe his first love I don’t really remember which is which). 2) She was 16 when he “fell in love with her”. 3) He spends the whole book talking to Elinor, helping Elinor, and worrying about Marianne (for Elinor’s sake I would like to argue). I can’t remember him having a single conversation with Marianne alone. You’re telling me, Miss Jane Austen, that a man who had his heart broken by an immature but beautiful young girl would fall in love with another immature but beautiful young girl, instead of her older sister who is more kind, selfless, and compassionate. And who also was not 16 when they met!

Anyway, it was a great book and would get 5 stars if I wasn’t mad at Colonel Brandon.

lemons25's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted 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

3.75

brisingr's review against another edition

4.0

I love Jane Austen. Had I not read this for school (and as such hurried and stressed), it would have been a full stars rating. Since my enjoyment was quite tainted by being it under time pressure, Sense and Senbility, on its first read, gets only 4 stars.

Please protect Elinor Dashwood. Please protect her friendship with Colonel Brandon.

(The 2008 mini-series is absolutely beautiful though, and has just mild differences or added details to the book, so super recommended!)

_noemi_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

leti9's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75