A review by cathwren
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

3.75

I canny lie, I struggled with this book, not because of it's contents but rather it's prose. It's been nearly a decade since I touched a piece of Classic literature and man it really threw me off. Everything required a thorough and slow read, which ended up feeling quite liberating as my biggest sin as a reader is being a skimmer. It was hard to follow who was speaking at times because everyone was a 'Miss *insert surname here*'. However, there are some lines that just hit. Jane Austen, you are a writer. Really and truly.

“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”

It upset me that characters were different from how they were usually betrayed in adaptations and some of the original characteristics tore me apart.

Would recommend (because come on, it's a classic for a reason), wouldn't read again (I rather watch The Lizzie Bennett Diaries for the umpteenth time...).