On and off, I've tended to read quite a bit. So, I thought I'd put up some reviews of books as I read them. In time, I may go back and add reviews of some of the books I read in the past. Not massively exciting, but I suppose it may be of interest to someone, somewhere (perhaps).
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
This is probably simplest if I review it in a comparison with Pride and Prejudice. It's quite a lot of fun. Pride and Prejudice signals the ending pretty darn early, and from then on it's a case of just finding out how it gets there, and enjoying the silliness of the characters along the way. This book doesn't signal the ending up-front, so there's actually some suspense in the plot, and it even gets a little twisty towards the end!
Whereas the other book is mostly full of silly characters, this one is full of a fair number of actually pretty mean ones, which in a way is just as enjoyable. This book has more depth and... I think it's reasonable to say it's basically better. It's a little more effort to read, but still great stuff, and the extra effort's worth it.
Permalink. Posted 21:38, Tue, 27 Apr 2010.
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