tashacharles 's review for:

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

4.0

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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.