A review by readwithkatrin
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

slow-paced

2.5

“There will be little rubs and disappointments every where, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.”

I actually ended up liking Fanny! I don't know when it exactly happened but I found myself acknowledging it when she didn't let herself get bullied into saying yes to someone's proposal (although there was a part where I got scared and though that she was gonna change her mind). She has this quiet strength which is admirable.

Writing is great; it is Austen, after all. However, the story is quite dull and I didn't care about the characters at all. Actually, I disliked them. They were all like the perfect examples of shallowness. Here, a bunch of rich kids who, despite all the good education they received, still can't distinguish right from wrong. And here, a bunch of adults who are (1) too busy to care; (2) not busy but still don't care; or (3) busybodies.

Not a fan of the ending.

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