Emma: A Modern Retelling in Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Reading Challenge 2015

Mar 04, 2015 Kirk rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2015, jane-austen, austenesque-lovers-tbr-pile-2015, read-scotland-2015

The long wait is over and I liked it! I see the reviews are very mixed. Perhaps because of the Scottish challenge group I'm in, I see much of the Isabel Dalhousie series(I have read 7 of those and I'm getting ready to read #8) in this retelling. Some really good twists to the original Emma. Less satisfying are parts of the ending/one important storyline. On par with Modern Jane Austen project #2(Val McDermid's Northanger Abbey), and miles ahead of #1(by she who must not be mentioned). 4.25 out o ...more

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Oct 14, 2014 Georgiana 1792 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: old-friends-new-fancies, 2015-austenesque-challenge

Ero sicura che Alexander McCall Smith avrebbe fatto un ottimo lavoro, lasciando inalterati i caratteri dei personaggi austeniani, pur trasponendoli in chiave moderna e, in effetti, sotto questo punto di vista, il romanzo non mi ha affatto delusa.
Per tutta la prima parte del romanzo, si può dire che il protagonista è stato Mr. Woodhouse piuttosto che sua figlia Emma. Il nostro ipocondriaco amico, con la sua mania di vivere sano, riesce ad arrivare a estremi che neanche il suo omonimo austeniano.. ...more

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Aug 05, 2014 writer... rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: british-books-challenge, contemporary, around-the-world-challenge, library-reads, historic-romance, janeausten, austen-in-august, scotland-reading

Disappointing.

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Jan 25, 2016 Elisabetta rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: alphabet-challenge, babele, old-friends-e-new-fancies

Alexander Mccall Smith ha scritto una buona versione di Emma, ma non abbastanza buona.

Pur apprezzando lo stile dello scrittore, l'ambientazione di questo romanzo mi ha lasciato perplessa.. Non è solamente grazie al termine "moderno" nel titolo che ho capito l'ambientazione di questo romanzo, tuttavia continuando nella lettura avrei potuto tranquillamente immaginare di ritrovarmi nel 1800 per poi essere ricapultata nei tempi moderni. Praticamente un universo parallelo dove passato e presente si m ...more

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Jun 02, 2015 Kim rated it liked it

Shelves: austen-related, austenesque-tbr-challenge2015, bound-together-bingo-challenge2015, emma, modern-jaff

3.5 Stars. I enjoyed it but it felt a bit rushed in the end. It follows much of the plot of the original, but there were some key scenes left out and not enough of Mr. Knightley. Smith does a faithful job of showing Emma's snobbishness and interference, matchmaking and otherwise. Miss Taylor is delightful and Mr. Woodhouse is every bit the hypochondriac, though a well-informed one. Jane Fairfax is reserved and Miss Bates is not. But if you're at all familiar with the the masterpiece that is Jane ...more

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Apr 27, 2015 RivkaBelle rated it liked it

Shelves: contemporary, chick-lit, austenia, library-finds, austenesque-lovers-challenge-2015, international, retellings

Parts of this I liked more than a little.
Parts of this were rather ... strange.
As a whole, it's an interesting modernization of my beloved EMMA, but I wouldn't say it's my favorite. ...more

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