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submitted 2 weeks ago by Vupware@lemmy.zip to c/books@lemmy.ml

This book is incredibly vapid and matter-of-fact, most of the characters are insufferable, and I just don’t care about rich people problems.

People find it funny… I guess Mrs. Bennett and Mr. Collins, two of the most insufferable characters, are the funniest?

The prose is really repetitive. I can’t believe someone likened it to Moby Dick in recommending it to me.

The only two characters with any excuse of character development have their character stifled constantly by their shyness and fear of acting in a poorly mannered way. Their interactions with each other are great, but are dangled in front of the reader like a carrot on a stick and then promptly resolved in just a few pages.

Do any of you like this book? I really want to know what I missed. I have never read such a critically acclaimed book and come out the other end so resentful.

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[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you thought the characters in P&P were insufferable, you might actually like Austen’s Emma—the main character is even more insufferable, but that’s the point of the story and it’s used to good effect.

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