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Was anyone else disappointed in how the author used Pride and Prejudice in this novel? I felt that she went deeper into every other novel on the list and almost treated P and P as a silly soap opera.

Roxann When I began this book, I thought I would want to read every book on "the list." I have read Mockingbird, P&P, and Rebecca, but I don't think she brou…moreWhen I began this book, I thought I would want to read every book on "the list." I have read Mockingbird, P&P, and Rebecca, but I don't think she brought any of these books alive in her novel. There relevance to the plot was cursory at best. I never found Rebecca to be a horror novel (gothic romance?) And, she didn't say anything about A Suitable Boy. Basically, with all of them she just gave a nod to the ideas of the book. I found nothing that made me interested in any of them. However, the idea of bringing plots of other novels into a plot of a novel, I think, is a great idea, just not well executed here. (less)

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