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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Other Bennet Sister: A Novel (originale 2020; edizione 2020)di Janice Hadlow (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. First, allow me to confess that I am a fan of [b:Pride and Prejudice|1885|Pride and Prejudice|Jane Austen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320399351l/1885._SY75_.jpg|3060926]. This Regency styled retelling started out well, with the story centered around Mary, who could be considered the least understood Bennet sister. I was enjoying seeing things through the eyes of Mary when events started paralleling those found in Pride and Prejudice. It was at that point, I started to lose interest. Things did pick up again as it moved beyond P & P, with an unattached Mary moving around from household to household. Seeing Mary's growth and personal observations was worthwhile but I must say the book never completely recaptured my interest and the ending was predictable. 3 stars for a decent fanfiction story based on a classic novel. One has to admire the industry of the author of this long (650 pages) book about the destiny of plain Mary Bennet, the odd one out of the Bennet sisters from P&P. It follows a logical structure, showing Mary trying to deal with her sisters and mother in the years soon after P&P takes place, then replaying some of P&P from her point of view when Mr Collins is there, then her staying with Charlotte Lucas at Longbourn (hint) and then the healing effect of going to stay with Aunt Gardiner. I think it's fair to say that the book is at its strongest in the sections which are furthest awat from the original, in particular the last parts dealing with her time in London and the Lake District with the Gardiners. These are very good. It's a bit more laboured in the first sections. But overall for fans of P&P very well worth taking the time to read it. Worth noting that in most of the book Hadlow makes to no attempt to write in Austenesque language (though it isn't 'modern' either), and all the better for that. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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I loved P&P - and Hadlow does a good job of picking up where P&P left off and doing it in a way that it reads as a sequel - not just a borrowing of the world and characters of P&P.
In this book, Mary gets her due and becomes a well-developed character. I liked how Mary developed and matures from unlikeable awkward teen with little self-confidence into a more self-assured young woman. Mary's perspective of her friends and family adds depth to the P&P world. There's some rehashing of P&P from Mary's point of view at the beginning of the book- and I thought it was well done, but it's where the story takes off into new territory that things become interesting. (I still don't know what to think of Charlotte, and feel rather sorry for Mr. Collins). Things get a little draggy during a trip to the Lake country, but overall I really enjoyed this one. ( )