Persuasion

Not my favourite of Austen's. The characters weren't deep, and the story itself is a bit too simple for my taste. I still love her satirical style and often drôle delivery.

Incredible!! I loved it so so much, the way the author criticies the society not being in a way to specific is fabulous.

This book is the everybody loves Anne Elliot show and I’m not exactly mad about it but damn! There’s not a single person who doesn’t think she’s great except for her own terrible family. Makes me so glad that I live in today’s era because all that politeness and “frailty of women” stuff would make me insane for sure.

Not my favorite Austen novel for a few reasons. Firstly, it’s a rough start and takes awhile to get to the plot. I appreciate character descriptions, but I need a little more dialogue to keep my interest. Secondly, I enjoy Anne as a heroine, but there are no other characters that I particularly enjoy. Reading Mary’s dialogue made me want to put the book down. Where Mrs. Bennett in Pride & Prejudice is similarly ridiculous, Mary had a lot of dialogue time and it was a bit much for me. Thirdly, I found Captain Wentworth’s explanation of his behavior towards Louisa to be lackluster and I think unlike Darcy whose pride is checked by Elizabeth, Wentworth didn’t really undergo any major character transformation that justified the ending. It’s still an Austen novel, so I will continue to add it to my rotation every once in awhile but I might try an audiobook next time.

A reread. My fav Austen novel