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Originally Posted by missimpossible
This was interesting to read, thanks  I've just recently finished re-reading Sense and Sensibility and I'm about to start the Joanna Trollope version - I decided to read them close together to see whether I could appreciate the parallels between the two. I've been somewhat hesitant to start the latter though for fear that it was absolutely awful but I feel a little less so now! |
Looking at the reviews on Goodreads, a lot of people think it
was awful.
I think it's going to depend a lot on people's expectations and whether one is predisposed to feel okay about the whole concept or not - if you think the entire idea is stupid, this probably won't be a lot of fun; if you're curious and have no inherent issues with the idea, it should be at least moderately enjoyable, I think.
Joanna Trollope is an experienced, competent writer (I haven't actually read her other books, but she seems to be popular and has been for a long time), so .. writing-wise, while it's not Austen, it came across as a perfectly fine (if not particularly deep or literary) modern novel.