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Tweller83
Jul 26, 2025 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I really enjoyed this book, especially after seeing the 2020 version of the movie to get a better gist of what is going on. I like Austen's writing and stories. Emma is a fun character. I was a little creeped out when the love interest talks about how long he has loved Emma. Was this the first age gap romance? I suppose that is what was done in the past, just look at Romeo and Juliet being 14 or something, very young. Anyway, overall I would say a 4.5 book and even though it is the longest of Au ...more
Marie (UK)
honestly, this was both nauseating and boring. Emma was the most unlikeable character and the text was just bland some classics work but this just didn't

Having re read this It is not as black as I painted it to be. It does have ups and downs and some is very long winded. I still dont like Emma but overall I enjoyed it more
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Gina
Apr 15, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Tessa
May 25, 2010 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
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Nicki
Jul 05, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Lyn
Oct 09, 2011 rated it really liked it
Chelsea
May 27, 2012 marked it as to-read
Concetta
Mar 02, 2013 rated it it was ok
Shelves: 1-dnf, own-ebook, own
Colleen Scidmore
May 31, 2013 marked it as to-read
Angela
Jun 21, 2013 rated it really liked it
Megan
May 25, 2014 marked it as to-read
Kathy E
Aug 20, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audio, classics, ebook, reread
Hannah Peterson
Jan 02, 2016 rated it really liked it
Ruth
Sep 25, 2016 marked it as to-read
Sally
Feb 04, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction
Sally
Apr 17, 2018 rated it liked it
Syncione
Sep 20, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audio
Weng
May 25, 2019 marked it as to-read
Sam
Aug 29, 2019 marked it as to-read
Vickir Ihrig
Nov 03, 2020 rated it really liked it
Jim Townsend
Jan 25, 2022 rated it liked it
Lisa
Jan 29, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: owned-books
Megan
Jul 25, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Carla
Mar 20, 2024 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition