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xennicole 's review for:
Sense & Sensibility
by Joanna Trollope
2.5. 3 stars because I am nice-ish.
It was a decent retelling, setting in modern day. However, how the author made sure it was set in modern day was the use of technology while an occasional modern phase that would come out of a teenager/young adult mouth. But I felt it was forced and heavy-handed with the "modern" touches, everything time I recognized a modern thing, it felt forced in the story and seemed out of place, it should have flowed with the story, not causing the reader to stop. Dialogue felt awkward at times, because it had an old world feel but spatter about was "amazeballs" and "totes" and what not.
It was not horrible, it was okay. Better than some retellings. But I am going to have to watch BCC S&S to recover.
It was a decent retelling, setting in modern day. However, how the author made sure it was set in modern day was the use of technology while an occasional modern phase that would come out of a teenager/young adult mouth. But I felt it was forced and heavy-handed with the "modern" touches, everything time I recognized a modern thing, it felt forced in the story and seemed out of place, it should have flowed with the story, not causing the reader to stop. Dialogue felt awkward at times, because it had an old world feel but spatter about was "amazeballs" and "totes" and what not.
It was not horrible, it was okay. Better than some retellings. But I am going to have to watch BCC S&S to recover.