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A review by mynameismarines
Emma by Jane Austen
5.0
[February 18, 2019] Marking for reread pretty soon after my first read FOR THE PODCAST!
Check it out for lots of feelings about why Emma is great, even when she's doing the most and the worst. We also talk about Emma adaptations and why Clueless is THE BEST, both as an adaptation and as a cinematic masterpieces. Fight me.
[November 5, 2018] This was it! The last of Austen's published novels I had to read. I'll admit that this book and I started on a wrong foot-- I was annoyed by Emma and her being loud and wrong all the time. I took a break from reading and asked my best friend what she loved about this book, as Emma is her favorite Austen. She helped reframe Emma's actions for me-- yes, she is loud and wrong, but there is a fierceness in her love and a desire to help people, even if she doesn't know quite how.
It also helped that I watched the two adaptations before going back and reading. Knowing how it all ended also helped reframe how I saw the story. It made picking up on the little clues to what was actually happening fun.
The relationship between Emma and Mr. Knightley is definitely of it's time. He's basically watched her grow up and there are definitely times that he comes off as a bit patronizing and sometimes even fatherly. This is definitely a book I'll put into my Austen rotation, but I don't think it can match my love for Lizzie and Darcy and Anne and Wentworth.
That said, this is Austen at her funniest and wittiest, in a lot of regards. I'm glad I finally, finally picked this up.
Check it out for lots of feelings about why Emma is great, even when she's doing the most and the worst. We also talk about Emma adaptations and why Clueless is THE BEST, both as an adaptation and as a cinematic masterpieces. Fight me.
[November 5, 2018] This was it! The last of Austen's published novels I had to read. I'll admit that this book and I started on a wrong foot-- I was annoyed by Emma and her being loud and wrong all the time. I took a break from reading and asked my best friend what she loved about this book, as Emma is her favorite Austen. She helped reframe Emma's actions for me-- yes, she is loud and wrong, but there is a fierceness in her love and a desire to help people, even if she doesn't know quite how.
It also helped that I watched the two adaptations before going back and reading. Knowing how it all ended also helped reframe how I saw the story. It made picking up on the little clues to what was actually happening fun.
The relationship between Emma and Mr. Knightley is definitely of it's time. He's basically watched her grow up and there are definitely times that he comes off as a bit patronizing and sometimes even fatherly. This is definitely a book I'll put into my Austen rotation, but I don't think it can match my love for Lizzie and Darcy and Anne and Wentworth.
That said, this is Austen at her funniest and wittiest, in a lot of regards. I'm glad I finally, finally picked this up.