A review by kindredspiritreads
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

 This year for Austen in August, the @mmdbookclub read Sense and Sensibility.

It’s hard to write synopses for Austen novels so I’ve included the blurb from the Penguin Classics edition:
“Jane Austen's subtle and witty novel of secrets and suppression, lies and seduction, brilliantly portrays a world where rigid social convention clashes with the impulses of the heart. It tells the story of two very different sisters who find themselves thrown into an unkind world when their father dies. Marianne, wild and impulsive, falls dangerously in love, while Elinor suffers her own private heartbreak but conceals her true feelings, even from those closest to her.”

This is the third Austen novel I’ve read and so far this is my least favourite. For a fairly short book, it felt extremely long and boring and was hard to get through. If it wasn’t an Austen work, I would have DNF’d it.