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gwenswoons 's review for:
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oh my god, just wow wow wow. I’m floored beyond belief and so head over heels for this book. I have read so much for my entire life and this is MY FIRST JANE AUSTEN — it gives me major pause and retroactive anger thinking about the kind of male-centric garbage that was assigned for me to read in high school and know that this magnificent storytelling was right there, being ignored. But…for another time, another essay.
For now, just — god, wow. I’m stunned and just walking on air in the joy of reading this. The writing is simply so GREAT — so beautiful, so vivid, the sense of humor so sharp, the comedy so nuanced. The characters are defined so brilliantly and the storylines so complicated in the most madcap, wondrous, crowded, astonishing way. I read this on audio and read a digital version alongside and it was just marvelous for me this way — the narration of Marnye Young and Ramón de Ocampo was SO funny and alive, but having the Kindle app open on my phone to read along just made it all the more joyful a reading experience for me; the language, the writing, the storytelling are just again so astonishingly and exuberantly beautiful.
I can’t wait to read every single word Jane Austen wrote. I feel like I was robbed of 38 years of my life not reading her, and yet (in a familiar and wonderful feeling to me, as a musician and a string quartet player) I also feel just done in by the joy of getting to look forward now to experiencing all the miracles of her books, each for the first time. Whew. Just floored and so grateful.
For now, just — god, wow. I’m stunned and just walking on air in the joy of reading this. The writing is simply so GREAT — so beautiful, so vivid, the sense of humor so sharp, the comedy so nuanced. The characters are defined so brilliantly and the storylines so complicated in the most madcap, wondrous, crowded, astonishing way. I read this on audio and read a digital version alongside and it was just marvelous for me this way — the narration of Marnye Young and Ramón de Ocampo was SO funny and alive, but having the Kindle app open on my phone to read along just made it all the more joyful a reading experience for me; the language, the writing, the storytelling are just again so astonishingly and exuberantly beautiful.
I can’t wait to read every single word Jane Austen wrote. I feel like I was robbed of 38 years of my life not reading her, and yet (in a familiar and wonderful feeling to me, as a musician and a string quartet player) I also feel just done in by the joy of getting to look forward now to experiencing all the miracles of her books, each for the first time. Whew. Just floored and so grateful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism