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ellaroxanne's review
4.0
Read for class. Lowkey kinda enjoyed it? I was surprised but delighted to have found myself curious about what was going to happen in the plot.
cinchona's review
2.0
An overbearing morality tale with no characterization and a bunch of annoying narrative intrusions. A story written to scare little girls away from doing bad things--as written by some lady with a black-and-white and yet arbitrary sense of morality.
Even in the 1790s, this had all the literary merit of Twilight.
Even in the 1790s, this had all the literary merit of Twilight.
hrose0208's review
inspiring
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
hallemarie00's review against another edition
1.0
The best part about this book was that it gave me a lot of strong feelings, but unfortunately all of those feelings were bad. There's so much to talk about regarding how awful this book is but I'm gonna keep it short.
The character who is the worst person ever and should clearly be the main antagonist is treated like a morally upstanding guy by the author even though he kidnaps the main character, takes her across the ocean to America, gets bored of her because she's sad that she's been kidnapped, and then LEAVES to marry a different woman he's met in America EVEN THOUGH the main character is pregnant with his child.
This book is about parental/filial love. Do you want to know how I know this? No problem, this author is very into interjecting herself into the narrative. "Oh my friends, as you value your eternal happiness, wound not, by thoughtless ingratitude, the peace of the mother who bore you," this sentence continues on for 7 more lines. I'm not exaggerating.
@ my American Lit professor: If this book was originally published in England, can it really be considered America's first best seller? Also and more importantly, why did you make me read this.
The character who is the worst person ever and should clearly be the main antagonist is treated like a morally upstanding guy by the author even though he kidnaps the main character, takes her across the ocean to America, gets bored of her because she's sad that she's been kidnapped, and then LEAVES to marry a different woman he's met in America EVEN THOUGH the main character is pregnant with his child.
This book is about parental/filial love. Do you want to know how I know this? No problem, this author is very into interjecting herself into the narrative. "Oh my friends, as you value your eternal happiness, wound not, by thoughtless ingratitude, the peace of the mother who bore you," this sentence continues on for 7 more lines. I'm not exaggerating.
@ my American Lit professor: If this book was originally published in England, can it really be considered America's first best seller? Also and more importantly, why did you make me read this.
gracekeltner's review
3.0
Read this for class and loved it? So girlie and cutsey at the beginning and then mildly depressing and tragic at the end. I loved the author’s little asides and that one passage about mothers and daughters had me a little misty eyed. Would def recommend. America’s original hot girl classic.
roars's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
winterrparker's review
challenging
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- 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