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stillunderqualified's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol
pianokeys's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Incest, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
kanjichris's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Misogyny
Minor: Incest and Toxic friendship
yorgosson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Gaslighting, and Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Death of parent and War
katkatniss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I ship. I completely, totally ship.
Also, besides that, I have to admit I found Mr Bennet insufferable and disrespectful (almost misogynistic) at the beginning, and I still kind of do a little. But I guess as the book went on and
I see why people think that Austen’s language can be a bit inaccessible. Some sentences can be confusing and convoluted (but you should really read Victor Hugo). I thought so too when I first started reading it, but as I read more and more, I could understand it more easily, and I dare say that I understood most of it by the end. So I do encourage you to give it a go, and persist at it. If you take a few seconds (or minutes) to reread the sentences or paragraphs, you might find that you are able to decipher the meaning. It is convoluted, but not impossible to understand.
Here’s a translation (by my understanding) of two words used rather often which are used differently to their conventional usage now (all forms/types of the word apply):
Want: lack
Chuse: choose
Uncontrouled: uncontrolled
Shew: show
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, and Incest
the_pysselfia's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Gaslighting
golden_likedaylight's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Incest, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Alcohol