Halls of the Dark Muse
What am I missing?
by , 11-02-2009 at 07:01 PM (1292 Views)
It seems to me that every one I have encounters or come across that reads Jane Austin, ranks Persuasion as being equal to or even better than Pride and Prejudice and I don't get it. I loved Pride and Prejudice, and I have enjoyed everything else I have thus far read by Jane Austin, but I did not in the least like Persuasion.
I personally felt that the writing and prose of it was weak, and the story not very interesting nor memorable. In fact I can remember virtually nothing about the book or than that fact that there was some sort of romantic thing going on (not hard to guess in a Jane Austin book) and I do recall not being very impressed with it as I was reading, but other than that, I couldn't tell you much of anything about it.
I just cannot help but to wonder, what am I missing here? I find it completely baffling, that I am like the only person I know who did reads Austin, but did not like that book.
Particularly considering so many other people seem to rank it as one of her best works.
Maybe I just did not care for it so much, because it came off as being more love-storyish, and less witty and satirical than most of her other works. I do remember being somewhat board while reading it, and when I finished it just put it down and shrugged my shoulders and said Eh.
I just think it is comical though how overwhelmingly I seem to be "off" on this one. I am use to reading books that tend to draw a love or hate feeling, but those generally tend to be a pretty even split on either side.
This is one of the only times where it seems to be "Everybody Else" vs Me.
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