A review by erboe501
Sedition by Katharine Grant

1.0

This book vaguely tried to stir up impressions of Jane Austen--with an obvious reference in the book flap summary ("a truth universally acknowledged")--but it was not Austen. Lots of it were pretty boring, and I got mixed messages about the degree to which the reader was supposed sympathize with the five girls. At first, they were all painted cruelly, then only Marianne and Everina stood out as the truly despicable. No one in the book was without his or her faults, and they were all somewhat comically drawn, a jab at the pretensions of 'high' society that was Austen's hallmark. Unlike in Austen, the ending wasn't very happy. SEDITION just lacked that spark for me.

I do always enjoy a novel that specially emphasizes a particular hobby. The poetic language employed in describing the pianoforte and its music was fun, even if I was a little lost with the jargon.