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I might have given this 4 stars, for Jane Austen's characteristic witty dialogue and skewering of society, but it was just so predictable. You knew who was going to end up with whom, so there really wasn't any suspence about the outcome. I found the ultimate pairing of Marianne, 17, with the 35-year-old Colonel Brandon to be unsatisfying. Why not give the widowed Mrs. Dashwood a love interest? She is only 40, not that much older than he is! Elinor is boring. And Willoughby deserved better, I tho
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I enjoyed this much more than other novels I've read by Jane Austen. It held my attention for the first half and I enjoyed Austen poking fun at her characters. The second half got tedious though, and things worked themselves out a little too neatly for my taste. And maybe for Austen's too, as she spends some words at the end trying to justify what happens, and pointing out that she wasn't entirely predictable because life doesn't turn out all bad for the bad guys.
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An enjoyable romance quite heart-wrenching at times. Some great characters but I found Eleanor just a little too sensible and Marianne just a little too silly.
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