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A review by lizziepurpleserenity
Persuasion by Jane Austen
3.0
I don't know what went wrong with this one for me. Maybe I wasn't in the mood for Austen, or the books I was reading alongside were far more compelling to me than this. I personally found it a drag, there is too much narration as opposed to dialogue and action, so I never felt immersed. None of the characters were interesting or entertaining, and there was not nearly enough intrigue to keep me wanting to continue reading, or else it didn't play out the way it could've, even given the circumstances around Mr Elliot.
This completes mine and my friend's buddy Austen readathon (reread in my case for a few of them) of all six Austen novels, and this one sadly has to go down as my least favourite.
ETA 30/1/21 (a few days later) - Having now read the chapter on this book in Helena Kelly's Jane Austen: The Secret Radical, I've bumped my original rating of 2.5 stars up to 3. I understand much better now what (at least according to Helena) Austen was trying to convey
This completes mine and my friend's buddy Austen readathon (reread in my case for a few of them) of all six Austen novels, and this one sadly has to go down as my least favourite.
ETA 30/1/21 (a few days later) - Having now read the chapter on this book in Helena Kelly's Jane Austen: The Secret Radical, I've bumped my original rating of 2.5 stars up to 3. I understand much better now what (at least according to Helena) Austen was trying to convey