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Finished this and I'm NOT going to write a review that does it justice. There are plenty of those already. There are also plot synopses aplenty. Just a few personal notes on MY impressions about this book.
1) Hugh Grant made a much more charming Edward than the one Jane Austen created. While I like hers, I did find myself missing the Hugh Grant version at times.
2) The Colonel Brandon character was more saint-like in the book than in the movie version. I found that I liked them both.
3) I was mu ...more
1) Hugh Grant made a much more charming Edward than the one Jane Austen created. While I like hers, I did find myself missing the Hugh Grant version at times.
2) The Colonel Brandon character was more saint-like in the book than in the movie version. I found that I liked them both.
3) I was mu ...more
I might have given this 4 stars, for Jane Austen's characteristic witty dialogue and skewering of society, but it was just so predictable. You knew who was going to end up with whom, so there really wasn't any suspence about the outcome. I found the ultimate pairing of Marianne, 17, with the 35-year-old Colonel Brandon to be unsatisfying. Why not give the widowed Mrs. Dashwood a love interest? She is only 40, not that much older than he is! Elinor is boring. And Willoughby deserved better, I tho
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How I hate Lucy! What a manipulative, malicious bitch!
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