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A begrudgingly rated 2.25 stars
Hated it but the criticism was very insightful that made me wiling to giving Austen a second look and I added many books to my TBR
HOWEVER
Way too much about this chick’s rare book dealings and way too much about her personal journal. To quote a gentleman named Bateman: I don’t care if you have had a good life (or something like that). It was jarring at times and really yanked me out of the meat of the book. The NYT’s review mentioned this but I didn’t expect it to be so draining to have her weave in her personal narrative every chapter.
Also found Romney to be aggressively corny and unfunny. Combined these factors seriously hindered my enjoyment of the book. Call me stuffy or a snob idc. Romney needed to dial it down to zero.
Tbh this is an okay pop-history/literary criticism but I am certain there a more fulfilling, and less aggravating, books on the subject of Austen’s influences.
Hated it but the criticism was very insightful that made me wiling to giving Austen a second look and I added many books to my TBR
HOWEVER
Way too much about this chick’s rare book dealings and way too much about her personal journal. To quote a gentleman named Bateman: I don’t care if you have had a good life (or something like that). It was jarring at times and really yanked me out of the meat of the book. The NYT’s review mentioned this but I didn’t expect it to be so draining to have her weave in her personal narrative every chapter.
Also found Romney to be aggressively corny and unfunny. Combined these factors seriously hindered my enjoyment of the book. Call me stuffy or a snob idc. Romney needed to dial it down to zero.
Tbh this is an okay pop-history/literary criticism but I am certain there a more fulfilling, and less aggravating, books on the subject of Austen’s influences.