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Pride And Prejudice Ii: The Sequel
This sequel starts where Pride and Prejudice left off. From the marriage of Darcy and Elizabeth, the story relates the everyday life of the late 18th Century Pemberley Estate and the lives of the people associated with that great estate. We learn of Darcy's Christian name in very exciting circumstances. The ups and downs, the joys and woes of the characters will bring laughter and tears to many readers. The ending is exceptional and quite unorthodox. However, the sequel will in due course have a sequel, Pride and Prejudice III that will make a story of equally compulsive reading.
388 pages, Paperback
First published December 9, 2010
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October 8, 2018
This book is part of a serie and ends with a little cliffhanger. Luckily, I have yet to discover the second instalment.
The author usually writes technical thesis which I can well believe.
After a rather dry start however, the book managed to grab a little of my attention.
It is not written with a flair for drama, although there was a lot of drama to be had. It felt like a book that had been written 50+ years ago, in its style and execution but after I had accustomed myself to the style, the book grew on me somewhat.
The wedding and honeymoon was left with a few sentences and the story begins as the Darcy's are heading home, with a few stops on the way. Rosings was first on the list but the drama would start before they reached their destination. Darcy was shot by a French spy and Wickham enters as the Captain that are hot on the spies tale. It didn't end well for Wickham and I wonder if this really is a sequel or if the continuation will reveal something new from the timeline of canon... The Darcys reactions to the death of Mr Wickham was not what I would have expected. Screaming, howling, crying and fainting? By the way, Elizabeth seem to faint a lot, hmm.
The book turned somewhat absurd after a while. Ridiculous misunderstandings and people dying like flies, started to put me off. Not to forget, the total lack of chemistry between ODC. I can bear with the lack of romantic interludes (reluctantly) but I want to feel the connection, preferably the bonding of souls but I could not feel it.
The absurdity, or perhaps a general ignorance of the regency era, continued through one of the funerals. The women where present and Mary runs off in the middle of the service to get the three-day old baby so she would not miss her mothers funeral?
The French spy, that went under the name Marcel, would surface throughout the story. Leaving death in his wake, some died more than once... The king of England made an appearance and some were honoured with knighthoods.
I am usually rather forgiving of little mistakes but my ability to forgive wanes with the books ability to engage. Elizabeth should have become Lady Darcy not Lady Elizabeth when Darcy was knighted, Elizabeth and Anne should have been seated in the front-facing seats in the carriage, expecting a letter between Rosings and Pemberley to be answered in two days by post (even the author states that it was 150 miles), etc, etc. The many inconsistencies grated on me to the point where I only wanted the book to be finished. 396 pages are excruciatingly long when the book is tedious... The only thing pushing me forward at the halfway mark was that someone should leave a review so that others who might attempt to read this book, could make a qualified decision if they wanted to.
The author even changed the name of Darcy to Sir Richard, I do not know if that was common when knighted but I do know it was annoying.
There were HEA's aplenty, all the Bennet sisters, Anne and the Colonel. Some even had more than one and found someone new to admire within days of their previous spouse had passed... Did not get to the alter though, as I mentioned earlier, the author did pop them off at an alarming rate. ODC being an exception, they were still alive at the end of the book although quite a few relatives short.
Ends in a cliffhanger, was it a boy or a girl? At this point, I couldn't care less...
I do not recommend, if there should be any doubt...
The author usually writes technical thesis which I can well believe.
After a rather dry start however, the book managed to grab a little of my attention.
It is not written with a flair for drama, although there was a lot of drama to be had. It felt like a book that had been written 50+ years ago, in its style and execution but after I had accustomed myself to the style, the book grew on me somewhat.
The wedding and honeymoon was left with a few sentences and the story begins as the Darcy's are heading home, with a few stops on the way. Rosings was first on the list but the drama would start before they reached their destination. Darcy was shot by a French spy and Wickham enters as the Captain that are hot on the spies tale. It didn't end well for Wickham and I wonder if this really is a sequel or if the continuation will reveal something new from the timeline of canon... The Darcys reactions to the death of Mr Wickham was not what I would have expected. Screaming, howling, crying and fainting? By the way, Elizabeth seem to faint a lot, hmm.
The book turned somewhat absurd after a while. Ridiculous misunderstandings and people dying like flies, started to put me off. Not to forget, the total lack of chemistry between ODC. I can bear with the lack of romantic interludes (reluctantly) but I want to feel the connection, preferably the bonding of souls but I could not feel it.
The absurdity, or perhaps a general ignorance of the regency era, continued through one of the funerals. The women where present and Mary runs off in the middle of the service to get the three-day old baby so she would not miss her mothers funeral?
The French spy, that went under the name Marcel, would surface throughout the story. Leaving death in his wake, some died more than once... The king of England made an appearance and some were honoured with knighthoods.
I am usually rather forgiving of little mistakes but my ability to forgive wanes with the books ability to engage. Elizabeth should have become Lady Darcy not Lady Elizabeth when Darcy was knighted, Elizabeth and Anne should have been seated in the front-facing seats in the carriage, expecting a letter between Rosings and Pemberley to be answered in two days by post (even the author states that it was 150 miles), etc, etc. The many inconsistencies grated on me to the point where I only wanted the book to be finished. 396 pages are excruciatingly long when the book is tedious... The only thing pushing me forward at the halfway mark was that someone should leave a review so that others who might attempt to read this book, could make a qualified decision if they wanted to.
The author even changed the name of Darcy to Sir Richard, I do not know if that was common when knighted but I do know it was annoying.
There were HEA's aplenty, all the Bennet sisters, Anne and the Colonel. Some even had more than one and found someone new to admire within days of their previous spouse had passed... Did not get to the alter though, as I mentioned earlier, the author did pop them off at an alarming rate. ODC being an exception, they were still alive at the end of the book although quite a few relatives short.
Ends in a cliffhanger, was it a boy or a girl? At this point, I couldn't care less...
I do not recommend, if there should be any doubt...
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