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Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
✒︎2.5 stars
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"By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed, that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."
I've been meaning to get into Jane Austen for a while now. I'm not going to completely write her off, or even this book, because I recognize the cultural impact that Jane Austen and her work has had. I also do look forward to reading her other books since many of them have been highly revered for years.
I was pretty bored reading this book, I'm not going to lie. I found it hard to connect to the plot and the characters. I don't think that the writing is for me. It felt very overwritten to me, with some of descriptions being way too long and confusing. I was lost during the plot at multiple points and lost track of the characters. I also found that the ending was very rushed and I think a more well-rounded ending would have greatly benefitted the central romance.
I understand why this book is so widely loved. I did like Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy especially and their slow-burn romance. I do appreciate Austen's ability to write with subtly and nuance as well, but I just don't that this book is for me. I felt that the book was entirely too long without me getting much substance from it. It felt meandering and boring.
I think that reading Pride and Prejudice for a second time will do me well. I did enjoy some parts of this book, and by no means hated it, and I think that a re-read will help me understand the plot more. I just didn't connect to the writing much. I finally get to watch the 2004 movie adaptation now that I've read the book, though, so hopefully I enjoy that more.
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I don't know.
I've been meaning to get into Jane Austen for a while now. I'm not going to completely write her off, or even this book, because I recognize the cultural impact that Jane Austen and her work has had. I also do look forward to reading her other books since many of them have been highly revered for years.
I was pretty bored reading this book, I'm not going to lie. I found it hard to connect to the plot and the characters. I don't think that the writing is for me. It felt very overwritten to me, with some of descriptions being way too long and confusing. I was lost during the plot at multiple points and lost track of the characters. I also found that the ending was very rushed and I think a more well-rounded ending would have greatly benefitted the central romance.
I understand why this book is so widely loved. I did like Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy especially and their slow-burn romance. I do appreciate Austen's ability to write with subtly and nuance as well, but I just don't that this book is for me. I felt that the book was entirely too long without me getting much substance from it. It felt meandering and boring.
I think that reading Pride and Prejudice for a second time will do me well. I did enjoy some parts of this book, and by no means hated it, and I think that a re-read will help me understand the plot more. I just didn't connect to the writing much. I finally get to watch the 2004 movie adaptation now that I've read the book, though, so hopefully I enjoy that more.
"Eliza Bennet is one of those young ladies who seek to recommend themselves to the other sex by undervaluing their own; and with many men I dare say, it succeeds. But, in my opinion, it is a paltry device, a very mean art."
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