I admit that I'm not an Austen fan, but I've enjoyed Smith's books in the past. So while the writing was good, I found myself thinking the book was going nowhere at a slow pace. Again.....not knowing the original storyline well, but I found the main character to be totally unlikeable, which I understand that she is supposed to be, but it took the entire book for the "light bulb" to come on for her so to speak, and then the book ended. Rather disappointed in the book.

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I really wanted to like this book, an updated take of "Emma". I slogged through 3/4 of the book before throwing my hands up in despair and putting the book down. Unlikeable characters that I found impossible to feel any empathy with. By the time I gave up, Mr. Knightly had appeared only briefly yet I was approaching the final quarter of the book...Mr. Knightly, who was always Emma's compass in the original, was still a minor character. I felt like the author did not like the characters or the situations he put them in, and I didn't either.

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Enjoyable, but a little tedious.

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