rebeccajane 's review for:

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
4.0

3.75 stars.
While I was happier with how all the characters were left in this novel, I did like it a bit less than Sense and Sensibility. The main character of Fanny got a bit old at times, but I really did come to like her. Overall, I enjoyed the story, though it got a bit boring at times, and I was never quite sure how it would wrap up.

Upon re-read I would rate it the same, although I saw things a bit differently this time around. I wasn't as bored through some of it -cough- the play - cough-, and I thought that Fanny and Henry would have made a good couple, though I'm not sure if he'd have gotten bored. I still don't think it was her fault for not accepting him straight away, she just saw things she couldn't get past, just like everyone else. I still don't think that Edmund and Mary would have been happy together. I liked Fanny a lot more this time and I think her and Edmund would be the sweetest and purest couple.