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A review by legalois
Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid
2.0
I am an avid fan of Jane Austen and Northanger Abbey is one of my favorites. This is the first contemporary rewrite I've read so I speak just from this experience.
To start off, I don't think that Val Mc Dermid knew much about homeschoolers and I did not like the way she portrayed pastors or at least how Catherine's father was portrayed. As someone who was homeschooled and knowing many other homeschoolers, I just don't find Catherine to be a realistic homeschooled child. She's supposed to be sheltered but she doesn't act like it... not saying all homeschoolers are sheltered but in this book she is supposed to be. Unless of course sheltered means not knowing much about cars.
Some of it was done well and I thought an okay job was done to make a modern retelling.
However, I did not like the whole lesbian spin that was thrown in at the end and I'm shocked Henry would fall for that story, especially seeing that it came from John Thorpe. Neither did I like that Henry and Catherine moved in together before they were married. However, since it is a modern retelling I guess I shouldn't be surprised. There was so many more little things that aggravated me here and there but those are the major ones.
All in all it was a meh. I'm rating it two stars not one as it did keep me engaged and I skimmed through it in one day.
To start off, I don't think that Val Mc Dermid knew much about homeschoolers and I did not like the way she portrayed pastors or at least how Catherine's father was portrayed. As someone who was homeschooled and knowing many other homeschoolers, I just don't find Catherine to be a realistic homeschooled child. She's supposed to be sheltered but she doesn't act like it... not saying all homeschoolers are sheltered but in this book she is supposed to be. Unless of course sheltered means not knowing much about cars.
Some of it was done well and I thought an okay job was done to make a modern retelling.
However, I did not like the whole lesbian spin that was thrown in at the end and I'm shocked Henry would fall for that story, especially seeing that it came from John Thorpe. Neither did I like that Henry and Catherine moved in together before they were married. However, since it is a modern retelling I guess I shouldn't be surprised. There was so many more little things that aggravated me here and there but those are the major ones.
All in all it was a meh. I'm rating it two stars not one as it did keep me engaged and I skimmed through it in one day.