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Susan, this is the second book we agree on. We probably like this same style of writing :)
It was definitely way too long. But I did like the (slightly revised but still overly romantic) depictions of Lizzy & Darcy, letting you know what "smug marrieds" they were! I always found the two of insufferable, and to me, P&P was never a romance novel but a sharp social satire about a gold-digger who falls in love with a giant country estate.
Charismatic wrote: "It was definitely way too long. But I did like the (slightly revised but still overly romantic) depictions of Lizzy & Darcy, letting you know what "smug married" they were! I always found the two o..."
You're right, while I never overtly been annoyed by the Darcys, I found it didn't take much to push me into that camp. And from Mary's viewpoint I wanted to throttle EVERYONE.
Susan wrote: "Charismatic wrote: "It was definitely way too long. But I did like the (slightly revised but still overly romantic) depictions of Lizzy & Darcy, letting you know what "smug married" they were! I al..."
Yes, totally. It's definitely a misanthropic take on the novel!
Yes, I've reached the predictable part of the story and find my interest waning. I was interested in Hadlow's attempt to give Mary an inner life, but the character for the first two parts of the book is pretty cheerless and I don't read Austen's Mary that way. I was interested in how Hadlow portrayed the other characters we know well, and was disappointed in the portrayal of Elizabeth as insensitive and Jane was completely colourless. But Charlotte Lucas was treated very harshly. It is hard to imagine Elizabeth was close friends with this version of Charlotte. All in all an interesting attempt I thought and kept me curious until the predictable point in the book, as you point out.
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Susan, this is the second book we agree on. We probably like this same style of writing :)
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It was definitely way too long. But I did like the (slightly revised but still overly romantic) depictions of Lizzy & Darcy, letting you know what "smug marrieds" they were! I always found the two of insufferable, and to me, P&P was never a romance novel but a sharp social satire about a gold-digger who falls in love with a giant country estate.
Charismatic wrote: "It was definitely way too long. But I did like the (slightly revised but still overly romantic) depictions of Lizzy & Darcy, letting you know what "smug married" they were! I always found the two o..."You're right, while I never overtly been annoyed by the Darcys, I found it didn't take much to push me into that camp. And from Mary's viewpoint I wanted to throttle EVERYONE.
Susan wrote: "Charismatic wrote: "It was definitely way too long. But I did like the (slightly revised but still overly romantic) depictions of Lizzy & Darcy, letting you know what "smug married" they were! I al..."Yes, totally. It's definitely a misanthropic take on the novel!
Yes, I've reached the predictable part of the story and find my interest waning. I was interested in Hadlow's attempt to give Mary an inner life, but the character for the first two parts of the book is pretty cheerless and I don't read Austen's Mary that way. I was interested in how Hadlow portrayed the other characters we know well, and was disappointed in the portrayal of Elizabeth as insensitive and Jane was completely colourless. But Charlotte Lucas was treated very harshly. It is hard to imagine Elizabeth was close friends with this version of Charlotte. All in all an interesting attempt I thought and kept me curious until the predictable point in the book, as you point out.
