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A review by kirstenbeyondthebookends
Emma by Alexander McCall Smith
2.0
Not a fan. This book was just clunky and hard to get through. I got about 20% through and ending up just skim reading the rest of it.
I'm a big Jane Austen fan but Emma has never been my favorite of her stories. I could never connect with the main character, she was self centered, materialistic and flighty in Austen's works and bringing her into the modern world just amplified those flaws. The modern retelling also had me scratching my head over the George Knightley romance. I literally could not figure out why he liked her aside from being physically attracted to her.
After loving the modern treatment of Pride and Prejudice (Eligible) I was sorely disappointed in this one.
I'm a big Jane Austen fan but Emma has never been my favorite of her stories. I could never connect with the main character, she was self centered, materialistic and flighty in Austen's works and bringing her into the modern world just amplified those flaws. The modern retelling also had me scratching my head over the George Knightley romance. I literally could not figure out why he liked her aside from being physically attracted to her.
After loving the modern treatment of Pride and Prejudice (Eligible) I was sorely disappointed in this one.