Sense & Sensibility

Not worthy - even in the capable hands of Joanna Trollope, this retelling of Austen's classic is just chick lit pablum. And there is no way I'd ever characterize Austen's work as such! I've always enjoyed Trollope's work, but here, she brings none of her usual finely drawn characters and subtle comm......more

I appreciate the mission of the Austen project, but this story was not successful for two main reasons. First, the was an element of forced modernization - a mention of an iPad or Facebook seemed to exist just for the sake of reminding the reader of the time period regardless of if it interrupted th......more

I'm a huge Jane Austen fan. I've read all her books hundreds of times, and the thought of anyone else taking on her work initially made me very nervous, so I'll admit that when I was asked to read Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope I was a little aprehensive. As a fan of the deeply crafted cha......more

S&S has never been my favorite Austen novel (my favorite wavers between Persuasion, Emma, and Pride and Prejudice depending on my mood), so I was hesitant about this modern day retelling. I think Trollope did a fantastic job of staying true to the Austen novel, but maybe a little TOO true to the sou......more

Ah, give me hope, Joanna! Да, аз съм разглезена до безобразие от дълга линия добри съвременни интерпретации на книгите на Джейн Остин - "Дневникът на Бриджит Джоунс" ("Гордост и предразсъдъци"), култовото Clueless ("Ема") и др. И въпреки това "Разум и чувства", преразказана от Джоана Тролъп, ме вбе......more