I feel so bad for giving this book such a low rating when I know most people love it but I truly was disappointed by it.

Maybe it's because after reading Pride and Prejudice (one of my favorites) I thought I would love every single book of Jane Austen so I had really high expectations. Unfortunately, I didn't like most of the characters in this book, they were either pushy, noisy or plain boring. Even with the two main ones (Marianne and Elinor) I could only connect from time to time because there were periods inside the story were their actions were either too plain or too excessive.

In my opinion the fact that this book had two main characters could be why I couldn't like the romance between the couples either, since we didn't actually get to experience the relationships with depth because the book is focused in two different stories.

It's for damn sure I hated Willoughby and his cowardice in not telling Marianne how things were face-to-face. Also, I didn't care at all about Edward and I felt grossed out by Colonel and Marianne's "relationship" because of the age gap but I'm guessing that has more to do with the time in which this story was written.

Lastly, the ending felt way too rushed. It felt as if someone thought "Now what? Let's just wrap it up" and happily ever after, which didn't convince me especially for a certain character.

I hated Marianne's ending, like she didn't have another choice so she just married Colonel. It was so sad to read because she never liked him and it was more awful that Jane Austen tried to write it as if Marianne could have been happy with that decision.

However, there were some positive aspects in this book. For instance, I really liked the relationship between the sisters since I could actually imagine them being my sister and I from time to time. I especially loved how Elinor took care of her little sister even though she got problems of her own. And then it's also nice to mention that after the first half of the book, it actually started to pick up and it didn't feel like it was dragging on forever like before.

These two are the only reasons why this book has two stars instead of one to be honest…