If you are a Jane Austen fan you will find this book hilarious. The mystery was a riff of the classic trapped/close circle trope. There were a few absIf you are a Jane Austen fan you will find this book hilarious. The mystery was a riff of the classic trapped/close circle trope. There were a few absurd and distracting details in the story that kept it from 5 stars but I would definitely read another. ...more
Jane Austen adaptation can be tricky, but this book nails it. I loved how Dev inverts so many of the tropes from Pride and Prejudice. This is a great Jane Austen adaptation can be tricky, but this book nails it. I loved how Dev inverts so many of the tropes from Pride and Prejudice. This is a great look at race, class, and gender in the 21st Century, which I think would make Jane Austen proud!...more
This was awful, but like a train wreck I couldn't look away. Sittenfeld managed to make one of my favorite literary heroines completely detestable. I This was awful, but like a train wreck I couldn't look away. Sittenfeld managed to make one of my favorite literary heroines completely detestable. I couldn't understand why Darcy would fall for such a mean, narcissist like Liz. All of the characters were vacant and lifeless. If you are looking for a modern tell check out the Lizzy Bennet Diaries which was charmingful successful at bringing P & P into the modern era....more
Couldn't make it through this one. It was too plodding and when I skimmed ahead I knew it wasn't for me. I'm trying to block the twists from my memoryCouldn't make it through this one. It was too plodding and when I skimmed ahead I knew it wasn't for me. I'm trying to block the twists from my memory....more
This book was boring and repetitive. Darcy is not really a developed character and the prose is flat. Don't waste your time.This book was boring and repetitive. Darcy is not really a developed character and the prose is flat. Don't waste your time....more
If you're an Austen fan, you know that Jane Fairfax ends up with Frank Churchhill. So in reading this you might expect to understand the how or why ofIf you're an Austen fan, you know that Jane Fairfax ends up with Frank Churchhill. So in reading this you might expect to understand the how or why of that relationship. This story doesn't really make your root for the 2 of them to be together. There is no sense of rightness to the relationship like you might get with Emma and Mr. Knightly or Lizzy and Mr. Darcy. The only really redeeming part of the relationship is that it saves Jane from a life as a governess. This isn't to say that Jane is not a sympathetic character, she is. It is really Frank that is underdeveloped as a character. If anything this novel does a nice job of portraying how bleak life was for women who didn't have money for a dowry, regardless of their beauty or intelligence....more
Like all the Jane Austen Mysteries, this book does a nice job of blending historical details of both Regency England and Jane Austen's life within theLike all the Jane Austen Mysteries, this book does a nice job of blending historical details of both Regency England and Jane Austen's life within the context of a murder mystery plot. I did find some of the political aspects a little more confusing than usual, but since there are no half stars I rounded up....more
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