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Cargando... The Dashwood Sisters' Secrets of Lovepor Rosie Rushton
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I didn't enjoy Rosie Rushton's 21st century update of Sense and Sensibility quite like her adaptation of Emma (Secret Schemes and Daring Dreams), but then I feel the same about Austen's original novels too. Still, The Secrets of Love is a clever reworking of the Dashwood sisters' lives and loves, about three sisters who lose their estranged father and have to downsize and move from Brighton to Norfolk. Ellie is the eldest and most responsible, who falls for somebody else's guy, Abby is the middle sister torn between two boys, and Georgie is the youngest, a daredevil tomboy. Some scenes were very effective, like the death of Mr Dashwood and Abby's dramatic exit, but the writing overall seemed stilted and the dialogue rather dated ('Ace!') and Americanised ('I guess'). I did appreciate how Rushton worked with Austen's characters - Pandora the wicked stepmother was a worthy stand-in for Fanny - but chick-lit for teens could never quite match Austen's genius, I'm afraid. This is a very cute book. I won't go as into detail with this review as I normally would, because it should be rather obvious what the novel is about and how it ends. It's a modernized version of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. It's a very cute update, but nowhere near as great as the original. Things I liked: The youngest sister, Georgie (Margaret in S&S) gets a lot more screen/page-time in this version. The relationship between the Dashwood sisters and their father is explored more. Things I didn't like: The "Lucy Steele" character in this novel is a raging bitch. I couldn't understand why Blake stayed with her. The same goes for the "Willoughby" character: in S&S, he really does love Marianne, but can't marry her for financial reasons. His loss. In this novel, Hunter is a complete jerk. I could tell from the get-go that he didn't really care about Abby. Having those two characters so unilaterally unsympathetic really bugged me. Those small quibbles aside, I enjoyed this book. It's a fun, easy read. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Objectively, I think this probably deserves two starts. The characters were two-dimensional stereotypes and I occasionally found their actions unbelievable. The writing wasn’t anything special. But when I finished it, I would have said I liked it. I had fun reading it and enjoyed seeing the author’s creativity in making the update, so three stars it is.
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