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bilbili'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
4.0
Moderate: Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexism
Minor: Pregnancy
ghostsversion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Classism
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy
gcoulsxn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexism, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, and Racism
Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
wooblatoober'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
4.5
below is my spoiler-riddled feminist discussion about the book.
i really liked emma. i feel like i could relate to her in a lot of ways, and i really enjoyed that. it was almost like the book was being written from my own point of view—i thought the same way as emma, like, the whole time lol. i didn’t even see a lot of twists coming that i think the reader was meant to see.
the classism bothered me, the belief that your blood firmly cements you into what kind of person you can be, and i understand that it would have been even more feminist for emma to never get married,
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Sexism, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Minor: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Classism
anna_m_k'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
4.5
Graphic: Sexism and Classism
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Racism
linnylionheart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Sexism and Classism
Minor: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
bessadams'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
5.0
Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexism, Death of parent, and Classism
Minor: Death, Racial slurs, and Racism
frantically'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
2.5
Graphic: Racial slurs and Classism
Moderate: Sexism
divine529'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
I read it this time along with an audiobook I got from the library and I always struggle with audiobooks, but the narrator wasn't my favorite, so it made it a little extra difficult.
For those of you who don't know what this book is about, it follows our main protagonist, Emma, a matchmaker by nature and a busy-body, who always ends up getting in trouble due to her shenanigans. Like Austen's other novels, this one is still about class and finding love and there's a lot of different forms of that here as always.
It's by far my favorite Austen novel, but I always find myself enjoying the third part of the book a fair bit. And as much as Emma and Knightley's relationship age gap bothers me, I love their witty banter and friendship and love them as a couple. I definitely always enjoy reading Knightley as a hero and this time was no different.
It might be awhile before I reread this one, but I'm sure I will again sometime in the future.
Graphic: Sexism and Classism
Moderate: Mental illness and Racial slurs
Minor: Death, Racism, and Death of parent