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A review by emmareadstoomuch
Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen, Nancy Butler
2.0
graphic novel binge read, installment 3: Okay, This Was Misguided, I Can Admit That
Jane Austen is my favorite author, and Sense & Sensibility is my least favorite of her books.
it's just, like, so eh. i like Elinor, but not Marianne. Colonel Brandon and Edward Ferrars are SO BORING. i would've liked it more if there was more of a sisterly emphasis. i just feel like everyone settled in the book and It Sucked. i love in Austen stuff when everything unrealistically and unforeseeably and perfectly comes together at the end, like a fairytale. and that doesn't happen here. even in the actual book, it feels confusing and forced to me.
anyway. when i saw my library had this adaptation, i was like, why not?
but this was So Boring. (at least the original isn't.) in addition to being my least favorite Austen, this may be the most difficult to adapt into a graphic novel, imo.
i don't know. i didn't like this at all. but it feels mean to give it 1 star so i'm not going to.
bottom line: nOT FOR ME, BBG.
Jane Austen is my favorite author, and Sense & Sensibility is my least favorite of her books.
it's just, like, so eh. i like Elinor, but not Marianne. Colonel Brandon and Edward Ferrars are SO BORING. i would've liked it more if there was more of a sisterly emphasis. i just feel like everyone settled in the book and It Sucked. i love in Austen stuff when everything unrealistically and unforeseeably and perfectly comes together at the end, like a fairytale. and that doesn't happen here. even in the actual book, it feels confusing and forced to me.
anyway. when i saw my library had this adaptation, i was like, why not?
but this was So Boring. (at least the original isn't.) in addition to being my least favorite Austen, this may be the most difficult to adapt into a graphic novel, imo.
i don't know. i didn't like this at all. but it feels mean to give it 1 star so i'm not going to.
bottom line: nOT FOR ME, BBG.