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tampa_shawn 's review for:
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
I am normally a fan of classic books and have liked Jane Austen's other books but I was underwhelmed by this book and was actually grateful when I was done with it. Jane's portrait of the book's main character Anne reminded me of Cinderella, the all good girl only being used by her shallow family (very one dimensional). The book also seemed too similar when compared with Austen's other characters and stories and plots(a lot of falsely placed pride here too). I found the simplistic portrait of the characters grating.
Then Anne (spoiler alert) FINALLY ends up with her true love and it is lifeless. I understand that when this book was written things were very proper,but when you find out your true love not only loves you but wants to marry you, can't you at least hug? touch hands? Have a racing heart or a catch of breath? Something to make these characters seem human? The conversation that follows feels like a lifeless business deal with its discussion about how Anne's family and mentor decides the match is acceptable after all. I thought the ending while at least positive was similar to the rest of the book...boring...and a real let down.
I read this book using Amazon Whispersync system which allows you to back and forth between reading and listening to this book. The narrator of this book was Michael Page and I found the way he read this book annoying and I think his interpretation of the characters with their snobby whiny English accent negatively influenced my feelings of this book.
Then Anne (spoiler alert) FINALLY ends up with her true love and it is lifeless. I understand that when this book was written things were very proper,but when you find out your true love not only loves you but wants to marry you, can't you at least hug? touch hands? Have a racing heart or a catch of breath? Something to make these characters seem human? The conversation that follows feels like a lifeless business deal with its discussion about how Anne's family and mentor decides the match is acceptable after all. I thought the ending while at least positive was similar to the rest of the book...boring...and a real let down.
I read this book using Amazon Whispersync system which allows you to back and forth between reading and listening to this book. The narrator of this book was Michael Page and I found the way he read this book annoying and I think his interpretation of the characters with their snobby whiny English accent negatively influenced my feelings of this book.