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jennifer_mangieri 's review for:
Sense & Sensibility
by Joanna Trollope
I've just been reading all the reviews of this book with some amusement. Lots of people hate this book! I didn't, and maybe it's because I entered into it with low expectations. How can you "update" Sense and Sensibility? You can't. Though people may marry for money now, or stay married for money when they're not in love, I don't think it's the overwhelming concern it would have been during Jane Austen's time. I don't know...maybe the British upper class is different, I have no way of knowing.
With that in mind, all I can say is that this book has some genuinely annoying bits, and some genuinely unlikable characters (as the original did), but it also has some quite funny bits, & if you're looking for light reading that doesn't insult your intelligence, you could do a lot worse. I read it in the spirit with which it was offered - with playfulness and a light heart. It delivered what I expected. (Sadly, it did not deliver Alan Rickman per the Emma Thompson/Kate Winslet film version - nor his voice.)
Can be fun, if you're in the mood for this type of thing!
With that in mind, all I can say is that this book has some genuinely annoying bits, and some genuinely unlikable characters (as the original did), but it also has some quite funny bits, & if you're looking for light reading that doesn't insult your intelligence, you could do a lot worse. I read it in the spirit with which it was offered - with playfulness and a light heart. It delivered what I expected. (Sadly, it did not deliver Alan Rickman per the Emma Thompson/Kate Winslet film version - nor his voice.)
Can be fun, if you're in the mood for this type of thing!