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A review by graciegrace1178
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
4.0
Remind me why I avoided this for so long??
PT: books from the 1800s (1813), dark/light academia aesthetic books, books that have been on my tBR for too long, Rory Gilmore reading challenge, classics
WIL
1) WAIT this is hilarious actually oh my god. THEY'RE SO QUIPPY I LOVE IT. Oh to have the wit of an Austen character irl...
2) characters who don't know their own feelings. My people!
3) compelling. I honestly couldn't put this down. Which I did not expect considering my unsuccessful previous readings. Pleasant surprise!
4) The verbal tapestries. I mean REALLY. This is all too clever! I might add more to this later with examples but basically, I am in AWE of how well Austen crafted this. I had no idea! I get the hype, I really do.
5) The spectrum of "happy marriages." You can be of any personality type and find a match! How heart-warming!
WIDL
1) "I love him" as a downhill slope for character. *sigh* this happens so often in media. Maybe it's because I've never had the circumstance of marrying, but to *me* it seems that characters who marry seem to lose the sharper edges of the personality in the process. They become softened to match the sensibilities of their partner. And that's all fine enough; partnerships require mutual respect and a willingness to adapt the self... but. But what happened to Elizabeth at the end... She lost her Elizabeth-ness. In the first 75% of the book (85% maybe?) she was sharp-witted and a bit harsh and extreme in Darcy's presence and it resulted in fantastic exchanges. By the end, she was gushing and oh-so-happy and just.. not the character I had grown to love. Where did that spark go? Why did she stop wielding her wit as a defense? Is this cherophobia? Maybe. Probably. But I can't help but feel that Elizabeth sacrificed part of who she was for supposed happiness with someone who used to challenge her. She let someone in and made herself vulnerable to love or whatever, but she became so washed out in the process. Perhaps this is overly harsh. Perhaps it's unfair of me to critique a character for changing under happier circumstances than previously.... but... but doesn't it seem odd that the very parts of her which were so likable were torn away at the supposed conclusion.
neutral ground
1) I wish I could make fun of Elizabeth for doing that full 180 on her opinion of Darcy. I wish I could say "lol no one does that ahahaha so unrealistic." But. Unfortunately. I also do this. Far too regularly. It's still funny but in a different way.
2) Forest to sea quilt. This book shall henceforth be known as The Book of The Forest To Sea Quilt since I listened to the audiobook in one sitting while I worked on (and made substantial progress on!) the quilt.
PT: books from the 1800s (1813), dark/light academia aesthetic books, books that have been on my tBR for too long, Rory Gilmore reading challenge, classics
WIL
1) WAIT this is hilarious actually oh my god. THEY'RE SO QUIPPY I LOVE IT. Oh to have the wit of an Austen character irl...
2) characters who don't know their own feelings. My people!
3) compelling. I honestly couldn't put this down. Which I did not expect considering my unsuccessful previous readings. Pleasant surprise!
4) The verbal tapestries. I mean REALLY. This is all too clever! I might add more to this later with examples but basically, I am in AWE of how well Austen crafted this. I had no idea! I get the hype, I really do.
5) The spectrum of "happy marriages." You can be of any personality type and find a match! How heart-warming!
WIDL
1) "I love him" as a downhill slope for character. *sigh* this happens so often in media. Maybe it's because I've never had the circumstance of marrying, but to *me* it seems that characters who marry seem to lose the sharper edges of the personality in the process. They become softened to match the sensibilities of their partner. And that's all fine enough; partnerships require mutual respect and a willingness to adapt the self... but. But what happened to Elizabeth at the end... She lost her Elizabeth-ness. In the first 75% of the book (85% maybe?) she was sharp-witted and a bit harsh and extreme in Darcy's presence and it resulted in fantastic exchanges. By the end, she was gushing and oh-so-happy and just.. not the character I had grown to love. Where did that spark go? Why did she stop wielding her wit as a defense? Is this cherophobia? Maybe. Probably. But I can't help but feel that Elizabeth sacrificed part of who she was for supposed happiness with someone who used to challenge her. She let someone in and made herself vulnerable to love or whatever, but she became so washed out in the process. Perhaps this is overly harsh. Perhaps it's unfair of me to critique a character for changing under happier circumstances than previously.... but... but doesn't it seem odd that the very parts of her which were so likable were torn away at the supposed conclusion.
neutral ground
1) I wish I could make fun of Elizabeth for doing that full 180 on her opinion of Darcy. I wish I could say "lol no one does that ahahaha so unrealistic." But. Unfortunately. I also do this. Far too regularly. It's still funny but in a different way.
2) Forest to sea quilt. This book shall henceforth be known as The Book of The Forest To Sea Quilt since I listened to the audiobook in one sitting while I worked on (and made substantial progress on!) the quilt.