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I'm late to the classics as I never had to read them in high school or college. I just finished Pride and Prejudice. I read it because everyone raves about it being one of their favorites. Well, we went away for a long holiday weekend and I thought I'd get through this one and a few others on my TBR list! Not! This book was really a struggle for me. At about 70 pages, I was c'mon already - something happen! I pushed myself to read at least 100 pages. I did and the story did get better. Austen's
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Man, where do I even start with this book? For the first half, I couldn't stand it. At all. I kept forcing myself to slog through, mainly to get me through my hours of insomnia, and partially so that when people asked me what I think of P&P I could give them an informed opinion. Mostly my opinion of this book can be summed up in one word: boring. I wasn't interested in the characters or the plot (what there was of it). I thought the writing style was just awful, especially when trying to figure
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When I started this book, I really did not like it. At all. I had to keep telling myself to push through, saying that there had to be SOME reason friends of mine kept rating it so highly. And somewhere along the way I realized I was hooked into it and had a hard time putting it down. Jane Austen does an amazing job drawing you in and making sure you don't realize it until it's too late. It is quite similar to Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy's relationship.
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finally finished with it! THe last third was interesting and went much quicker than the rest.
Well for me I think this is it with Jane Austen - it is not bad to read but not really my cup of tea!
Well for me I think this is it with Jane Austen - it is not bad to read but not really my cup of tea!
Jul 18, 2013
Kimberly
marked it as to-read
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