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joa_price's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
sarahjaynes's review against another edition
feel like i can’t really review it bc she died before she finished it. like i liked what i read but i can’t help but wonder what she was planning for the rest of it
theknittinggoose's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
timeladylibrary's review against another edition
4.0
Charlotte Heywood es invitada por los Parker a visitar la villa marítima de Sanditon, donde conocerá a un buen número de peculiares habitantes y visitantes de la misma.
Tenía ganas de leer este libro desde que vi la primera temporada de la serie, porque me parecía que Jane Austen no escribiría nunca nada parecido a ciertas escenas y relaciones (para sorpresa de nadie, no las escribió). No sabía hasta entonces que había sido su última novela y que no había podido terminarla, es más, se corta cuando aún está introduciendo a los personajes y la trama.
Pero no por detenerse en la introducción deja de tener valor como libro. Son muy pocas las páginas que Austen necesita para presentarnos la ambientación de la novela y a los personajes principales dando pinceladas de lo que vendrá después.
Es sorprendente la capacidad de la autora, que estaba enferma y en sus últimos meses de vida, para crear algo así.
Tenía ganas de leer este libro desde que vi la primera temporada de la serie, porque me parecía que Jane Austen no escribiría nunca nada parecido a ciertas escenas y relaciones (para sorpresa de nadie, no las escribió). No sabía hasta entonces que había sido su última novela y que no había podido terminarla, es más, se corta cuando aún está introduciendo a los personajes y la trama.
Pero no por detenerse en la introducción deja de tener valor como libro. Son muy pocas las páginas que Austen necesita para presentarnos la ambientación de la novela y a los personajes principales dando pinceladas de lo que vendrá después.
Es sorprendente la capacidad de la autora, que estaba enferma y en sus últimos meses de vida, para crear algo así.
yvannastar's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
clementine_churchill's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
This edition of Sanditon was finished by “another lady.” The first approximately 25% of Sanditon was written by Jane Austen and the remainder written by Marie Dobbs, an Australian journalist and novelist born in 1924. Reportedly, Jane was not able to complete her usual process of revising and rewriting the work.
About halfway through the book, I started feeling like I was reading a regency romance written with “old expressions” and many semicolons and dashes. As ironic as it sounds, events moved too quickly, and it didn’t feel like a Jane Austen novel. Instead of learning about different characters through the heroine’s thoughts and conversations, which Jane Austen does beautifully, it became the heroine’s thoughts about the events and wanting to have time to reflect and then instantly deciding to just go with her emotions.
If this did not have Jane Austen’s name on it, I’m sure I would have enjoyed it more. I’m glad I read it and there are several continuations of Sanditon out there. The only one I’m a bit curious about was continued (but not completed) by her niece, who said she and her aunt talked extensively about the book before Jane’s early death. But that version is out of print and apparently very difficult to find. The other continuations don’t seem that appealing.
About halfway through the book, I started feeling like I was reading a regency romance written with “old expressions” and many semicolons and dashes. As ironic as it sounds, events moved too quickly, and it didn’t feel like a Jane Austen novel. Instead of learning about different characters through the heroine’s thoughts and conversations, which Jane Austen does beautifully, it became the heroine’s thoughts about the events and wanting to have time to reflect and then instantly deciding to just go with her emotions.
If this did not have Jane Austen’s name on it, I’m sure I would have enjoyed it more. I’m glad I read it and there are several continuations of Sanditon out there. The only one I’m a bit curious about was continued (but not completed) by her niece, who said she and her aunt talked extensively about the book before Jane’s early death. But that version is out of print and apparently very difficult to find. The other continuations don’t seem that appealing.
teresa_gdz's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
annemarikoivisto's review against another edition
4.0
Olipa hauskoja ja hurmaavia tarinoita! Upeaa henkilö- ja tilannekomiikkaa!
Varsinkin Lady Susan oli niin tragikoominen ja nokkela kirjeromaani. The Watsons ja Sanditon eivät tuntuneet lainkaan niin keskeneräisiltä, kiitos kuivan huumorin ja huvittavan outojen hahmojen.
Varsinkin Lady Susan oli niin tragikoominen ja nokkela kirjeromaani. The Watsons ja Sanditon eivät tuntuneet lainkaan niin keskeneräisiltä, kiitos kuivan huumorin ja huvittavan outojen hahmojen.