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A review by karlin0336
The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
I just can't get interested in this book at the moment. I do plan on coming back to it, but, as a mood reader, now just isn't the time.
There have been several things that really aren't helping boost my enthusiasm for this book:
I never was very much a fan of Lydia as a character in Pride and Prejudice, but I had hoped that this retelling would help me see a better side of her. So far, I'm really not enjoying her as the narrator.
Much of the book up till now has been less of a retelling of the familiar events from Pride and Prejudice, and more of a "this is what Lydia was doing while those other events were happening" kind of thing. I was hoping to follow the original story more closely.
I was also hoping to see more of Mr. Darcy (the book's blurb sure makes it seem that way), but he's been almost completely absent from the book at this point (mostly just referenced by Lydia and the othet characters). Elizabeth and Jane haven't been around much either, and they are by far my two favorites of the sisters.
[Note to Self: I stopped reading at the beginning of Chapter 15. Will probably just start from the very beginning if I do decide to come back to it, though.]
There have been several things that really aren't helping boost my enthusiasm for this book:
I never was very much a fan of Lydia as a character in Pride and Prejudice, but I had hoped that this retelling would help me see a better side of her. So far, I'm really not enjoying her as the narrator.
Much of the book up till now has been less of a retelling of the familiar events from Pride and Prejudice, and more of a "this is what Lydia was doing while those other events were happening" kind of thing. I was hoping to follow the original story more closely.
I was also hoping to see more of Mr. Darcy (the book's blurb sure makes it seem that way), but he's been almost completely absent from the book at this point (mostly just referenced by Lydia and the othet characters). Elizabeth and Jane haven't been around much either, and they are by far my two favorites of the sisters.
[Note to Self: I stopped reading at the beginning of Chapter 15. Will probably just start from the very beginning if I do decide to come back to it, though.]
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Sexual content