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ArianaBlack · 03-31-2020, 04:10 PM

okay this post ended up a lot bigger than i wanted it to, my apologies

HELLO. I finished the book last night and I'm supposed to be writing a paper right now, but I want to post here with my thoughts from last night before I forget them ~~as that tends to happen to me immediately after finishing a book.~~

So I'm gonna be real honest here in saying that I did NOT think I would like this book. I read it for a combination of reasons despite being adamant in the fact that I would hate it. Reasons include but are not limited to: Ern suggesting it under the platonic love book suggestions thread and wanting to knock that prompt out before the end of the month, everyone their mum and pet cow have read it, and also one of my characters (Nina Castillo) is currently reading it and trying to RP a character that is reading a book that you have not once touched was a lot harder than I thought it would be.

All of that being said, I loved it.

Sometimes I take issue with the classics because they're often drenched in description and imagery and take years to say something simple. Which, I now realize is how I tell stories to people LOL. BUT. my attention span can't handle pages of description and I fall asleep trying to sift through it. I also knew P&P to be a romance, and romance has never interested me much. BUT. I was pleasantly surprised when I found that there was very little unnecessary description. Every sentence felt intentional and the book was fast-paced compared to what I was expecting.

My only complaint was the dialogue was a little hard to sift through because I would be three pages into a chapter and forget who was talking, so I'd have to go back and reread all of those pages. But truthfully? This isn't really a complaint because going back to reread often helped me figure out what was going on. Especially because when I'm reading I sometimes I have terrible habit of jumping past key sentences to get to the bottom of the page. So with rereading throughout I was really able to sift through alllllll of it.

I won't lie though, at first I definitely would have to read the sparknotes summary of the chapters I read the day before in order to continue reading the next day. Once I got more acclimated to Austen's style of writing it became much easier though, which was NICE because it meant I grew.

Anyway. Mr. Darcy is probably my fave, followed by Mr. Bennet, followed by Jane, followed by Elizabeth. I think Miss Bingley is a major butthead and I'm not a fan of Mrs. Bennet and I didn't dislike Lydia so much as I though she was a source of good entertainment. Not a Mary fan though.

I haven't seen the movie so I GOTTA DO THAT now.

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Originally Posted by Daemon

I did notice that my interest in the book's plot picked up when Elizabeth went to visit Charlotte after her marriage to Mr. Collins, likely because of two reasons: 1. Mr. Darcy. My word. MR. DARCY. !!!!! What a guy, what a presence, what a character *__* and 2. I really disliked Mrs. Bennet. I feel secondhand embarrassment very easily, I'm the one who has to hide her face when watching a movie and someone does something even mildly shameful onscreen, I can't handle it. Reading through Mrs. Bennet's antics (and Lydia's too after she married Wickham, big yike) was very, very painful for me. VERY painful. So I think that, at any point when Elizabeth and the narrative were away from Longbourn, I was very happy.

HAHAHA you told me this when we were zooming and I was????? Not understanding because the Mr. Darcy parts hadn't happened yet LOLOLOL. But now I understand why your interest peaked here. I also had mad major second hand embarrassment from Mrs. Bennet and also found myself enjoying the times away from Longbourn much more than when they were there.

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Originally Posted by Kimothy

From Lizzy staying with the Gardiners, to the unexpected meeting between Lizzy and Darcy in the Pemberley, to Lydia's running away with Wickham, to Lizzy opening up to Darcy about how she feels about Lydia wanting to elope with Wickham (!!!!!!!!!! MAAM), to Lady Catherine deciding to just waltz into Longbourn to stop Lizzy from wanting to marry Darcy, to LIZZY standing up to Lady Catherine (WE STAN!!!) to jUST EVERYTHING AFTER THAT.

Also??? Can I just say, the LAST sentence of the book gave me a lot of uwus? It was a lovely way to end it, like neatly wrapping a bow around a present

My most reverent salutes to the Gardiners, the true MVPs.

I want this paragraph framed.

Gardiners were ACTUALLY the true MVPs I second this notion. Bruh. Lady Catherine had some audacity. I was big eye roll at her. It gave me a lot of pleasure when Lizzy stood up for herself. If it wasn't 2 in the morning, I would've yelled in celebration of that pwn. Also. Lydia running away with Wickham was the biggest slap in the face ever???? I did ??? not??? see that??? coming???

I think that was another point of big confusion for me a first? Because it went from being such a big disgrace to all the sudden? okay? Which, I now understand because Mr. Darcy stepped in and did his thing. But when I say I had to read those pages 5 times. I mean. I had to read those pages 5 times. And then sparknotes it. Because. It happened so quickly, my head hurt.

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Originally Posted by natekka

I'm curious to know how y'all - especially people who don't live in England - pronounced the names of places in the book. English is notorious for having pronunciations that seem to make little sense. Sooooooo how did you all pronounce: Hertfordshire, Derbyshire, Warwick, Birmingham?

So? Honestly? I think I just made up my own version of these names because they were so long and I didn't want to spend too much time trying to read them. So. I probably pronounced everything wrong.

It was also really difficult for me to keep track of where people lived and what everything was called and I didn't realize it while reading, but now that I think about it... It must just be because everything was so unfamiliar to me that keeping track wasn't something my brain was naturally doing. Which is very unfortunate because if I want to describe a part of the book I won't be able to do it by saying where they were, but rather will have to name the characters and the scene itself.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cassirin

So if you've finished the book and you're familiar with the movies AND you've read any one of the dozens of sequels and TV shows like Lost in Austen and Austenland (all good, all good, let's chat, I'm a fan), THEN HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? I present to you, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. A modern retelling through YouTube vlogs that is so well executed and so charming and so CLEVER. Ugh. Please watch this if you love P&P.

I'M GONNA ADD THIS TO MY BOOKMARKS
because i think my next priority has to be the movies. and then. this.

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Reasons include but are not limited to: Ern suggesting it under the platonic love book suggestions thread and wanting to knock that prompt out before the end of the month, everyone their mum and pet cow have read it, and also one of my characters (Nina Castillo) is currently reading it and trying to RP a character that is reading a book that you have not once touched was a lot harder than I thought it would be. All of that being said, I loved it. Sometimes I take issue with the classics because they're often drenched in description and imagery and take years to say something simple. Which, I now realize is how I tell stories to people LOL. BUT. my attention span can't handle pages of description and I fall asleep trying to sift through it. I also knew P&P to be a romance, and romance has never interested me much. BUT. I was pleasantly surprised when I found that there was very little unnecessary description. Every sentence felt intentional and the book was fast-paced compared to what I was expecting. My only complaint was the dialogue was a little hard to sift through because I would be three pages into a chapter and forget who was talking, so I'd have to go back and reread all of those pages. But truthfully? This isn't really a complaint because going back to reread often helped me figure out what was going on. Especially because when I'm reading I sometimes I have terrible habit of jumping past key sentences to get to the bottom of the page. So with rereading throughout I was really able to sift through alllllll of it. I won't lie though, at first I definitely would have to read the sparknotes summary of the chapters I read the day before in order to continue reading the next day. Once I got more acclimated to Austen's style of writing it became much easier though, which was NICE because it meant I grew. Anyway. Mr. Darcy is probably my fave, followed by Mr. Bennet, followed by Jane, followed by Elizabeth. I think Miss Bingley is a major butthead and I'm not a fan of Mrs. Bennet and I didn't dislike Lydia so much as I though she was a source of good entertainment. Not a Mary fan though. I haven't seen the movie so I GOTTA DO THAT now. Quote: Originally Posted by Daemon I did notice that my interest in the book's plot picked up when Elizabeth went to visit Charlotte after her marriage to Mr. Collins, likely because of two reasons: 1. Mr. Darcy. My word. MR. DARCY. !!!!! What a guy, what a presence, what a character __ and 2. I really disliked Mrs. Bennet. I feel secondhand embarrassment very easily, I'm the one who has to hide her face when watching a movie and someone does something even mildly shameful onscreen, I can't handle it. Reading through Mrs. Bennet's antics (and Lydia's too after she married Wickham, big yike) was very, very painful for me. VERY painful. So I think that, at any point when Elizabeth and the narrative were away from Longbourn, I was very happy. HAHAHA you told me this when we were zooming and I was????? Not understanding because the Mr. Darcy parts hadn't happened yet LOLOLOL. But now I understand why your interest peaked here. I also had mad major second hand embarrassment from Mrs. Bennet and also found myself enjoying the times away from Longbourn much more than when they were there. Quote: Originally Posted by Kimothy From Lizzy staying with the Gardiners, to the unexpected meeting between Lizzy and Darcy in the Pemberley, to Lydia's running away with Wickham, to Lizzy opening up to Darcy about how she feels about Lydia wanting to elope with Wickham (!!!!!!!!!! MAAM), to Lady Catherine deciding to just waltz into Longbourn to stop Lizzy from wanting to marry Darcy, to LIZZY standing up to Lady Catherine (WE STAN!!!) to jUST EVERYTHING AFTER THAT. Also??? Can I just say, the LAST sentence of the book gave me a lot of uwus? It was a lovely way to end it, like neatly wrapping a bow around a present My most reverent salutes to the Gardiners, the true MVPs. I want this paragraph framed. Gardiners were ACTUALLY the true MVPs I second this notion. Bruh. Lady Catherine had some audacity. I was big eye roll at her. It gave me a lot of pleasure when Lizzy stood up for herself. If it wasn't 2 in the morning, I would've yelled in celebration of that pwn. Also. Lydia running away with Wickham was the biggest slap in the face ever???? I did ??? not??? see that??? coming??? I think that was another point of big confusion for me a first? Because it went from being such a big disgrace to all the sudden? okay? Which, I now understand because Mr. Darcy stepped in and did his thing. But when I say I had to read those pages 5 times. I mean. I had to read those pages 5 times. And then sparknotes it. Because. It happened so quickly, my head hurt. Quote: Originally Posted by natekka I'm curious to know how y'all - especially people who don't live in England - pronounced the names of places in the book. English is notorious for having pronunciations that seem to make little sense. Sooooooo how did you all pronounce: Hertfordshire, Derbyshire, Warwick, Birmingham? So? Honestly? I think I just made up my own version of these names because they were so long and I didn't want to spend too much time trying to read them. So. I probably pronounced everything wrong. It was also really difficult for me to keep track of where people lived and what everything was called and I didn't realize it while reading, but now that I think about it... It must just be because everything was so unfamiliar to me that keeping track wasn't something my brain was naturally doing. Which is very unfortunate because if I want to describe a part of the book I won't be able to do it by saying where they were, but rather will have to name the characters and the scene itself. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin So if you've finished the book and you're familiar with the movies AND you've read any one of the dozens of sequels and TV shows like Lost in Austen and Austenland (all good, all good, let's chat, I'm a fan), THEN HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? I present to you, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. A modern retelling through YouTube vlogs that is so well executed and so charming and so CLEVER. Ugh. Please watch this if you love P&P. I'M GONNA ADD THIS TO MY BOOKMARKS because i think my next priority has to be the movies. and then. this. __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour Are You? You are Lemon!