Author: Jane Austen
Publisher:
Publication Date: 1811
Genre: Romance, Classics
Summary:
Umm, see below...
Review:
So, my New Years Resolution for 2014 was to read more classic novels. Seeing as 2014 is nearly over, I thought I had better make a start and try to at least read some classic books before it's too late! My best friend loves Jane Austen but when the bookshop didn't have Pride and Prejudice in stock, I thought I would settle for Sense and Sensibility and, at first, I was really excited to read it...
However, my excitement soon ended (approximately) ten pages in. Needless to say, this turned out to be a very, very, very hard read and I really struggled to make much sense out of it, if you would pardon the pun (I've been waiting to use that joke for a while hahaha...). From what I could gather, it is about two sisters who deal with very similar situations in two completely different ways - one in a sensible, civilised way and the other, not so much.
I think?
In my opinion, the slow story line was not helped by Austen's writing style. I know it is a classic and was written a long time ago but what is with the extremely long sentences with about a million commas and paragraphs that are like a page long?! It just drags everything out. Madness.
Even though it took me weeks and weeks to read this book, I really do not have anymore to say. I didn't enjoy it, I dreaded reading it and I will not be reading another Jane Austen novel for a long, long time.
Rating: 2/10. Not my cup of tea, soz!
You can buy Sense and Sensibility from Amazon here (if you really want to that is)...
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