Name: Sense & Sensibility
ISBN: 9780007461783

Joanna Trollope

Joanna Trollope’s much-anticipated contemporary reworking of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility launches The Austen Project and is already one of the most talked about books of the year.

Sense & Sensibility

Abi Hills

This is the first book I've read this year that I've rated one star, and for good reason. After reading Eligible, another book in this series of modern Austen retellings, I didn't think this could be any worse. Oh, how wrong I was. 

(view spoiler)[One of my main problems with this book is that it's supposed to be set in modern times but for some reason, people were still inheriting houses and had the classism of the 19th-century characters they are based on. At least the author of "Eligible" managed to modernise the characters better than this author did. At points, I imagined the characters in regency gear because I couldn't fathom how this was supposed to be set in modern times apart from the use of emails and riding cars instead of horses. 

Another problem I had it was too fast-paced, it's almost like the author couldn't wait to get to the end of the book. Relationships run slower in this century, so I expected that to happen in the book too but no. Also, I saw no chemistry between the characters, and wasn't at all invested, especially since I already know the story but I've read Wattpad retellings that were 100 times better than this. (hide spoiler)]

I'll probably still read the other two books in the series, partly just because I want to but also in the hope that they will improve on the books I've read so far. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I certainly didn't think either book would be this bad.

A modern retelling of the Jane Austen classic follows the Dashwood sisters - Elinor, Marianne and Margaret - as they, after the death of their father, must come to terms with the cruelties of life without the status of their country house, the protection of the family name or the comfort of an inheritance. 35,000 first printing.

Katherine Baron

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Ivonne Castaneda

Carina Marshall

Liz Carpenter

Joanna Trollope's much-anticipated contemporary reworking of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility launches The Austen Project and is already one of the most talked about books of the year. Two sisters could hardly be more different. Elinor Dashwood, an architecture student, values discretion above all. Her impulsive sister Marianne displays her creativity everywhere as she dreams of going to art school. But when the family finds itself forced out of Norland Park, their beloved home for twenty years, their values are severely put to the test. Can Elinor remain stoic knowing that the man she likes has been ensnared by another girl? Will Marianne's faith in love be shaken by meeting the hottest boy in the county? And when social media is the controlling force at play, can love ever triumph over conventions and disapproval? Joanna Trollope casts Sense & Sensibility in a fresh new light, re-telling a coming-of-age story about young love and heartbreak, and how when it comes to money especially, some things never change...

Sense & Sensibility

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