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anjasshelf'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
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Classism, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Pregnancy and Death of parent
_maia3_'s review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Confinement, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Classism, and Death
withlivjones's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
This book is rather difficult to follow, and I think that the main reason for this is that most of the plot points are related through second-hand accounts. Our protagonist, Elinor, is quite passive and spends most of the novel being told things by other characters, either through long speeches or letters. This means that the plot gets complicated quite easily and there is very little action that occurs first-hand. Also not helping matters is the fact that Elinor appears to be highly gullible, instantly believing every story she is told until it is disproven later in the novel. I also think that the loose ends were tied up a little too conveniently at the end.
There are definitely some aspects of the novel I enjoyed, however. I did like the fact that in the main misunderstanding between Willoughby and Colonel Brandon there isn’t a clear-cut right and wrong side quite as much as there is in, for example, Darcy vs Wickham in Pride and Prejudice. I also really enjoyed the farcical humour in the brief miscommunication between Elinor and Mrs Jennings about her nonexistent engagement to Colonel Brandon. Finally, Austen is as always an expert in constructing the more comical characters who come across as caricatures of Regency upper-class society. My favourite characterisations include Mrs John Dashwood, Mr Robert Ferrars, and Mrs Jennings.
Moderate: Classism
Period-typical attitudesreadbycarina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Classism and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Medical content
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Classism
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Pregnancy
Minor: Death and Death of parent
quillreads'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
3.5
Graphic: Classism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, and Abandonment
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Death of parent
issyd23'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
Graphic: Classism
toffishay'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
4.25
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Classism, Grief, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Pregnancy, Death, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent
grets_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity
Minor: Grief and Pregnancy
tigeryear's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Mash that up with some early 1800s pedophilia and you've pretty much got the plot of this.
Disappointing!
Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
Minor: Alcohol