“I can't say I was disappointed with this book, as I wasn't expecting much to begin with. Roughly the first 20% is tedious in its description of who went to see whom and who came to town and who came to dinner. The interaction between Darcy and Elizabeth wasn't nearly as profound or shocking (even for the time period) as I was expecting. You get much better banter out of Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing. I can see how you might analyze it, take it apart, extract themes and morals and dynamics...but I certainly don't see why it is so obsessed over. That having been said, I'm glad I read it simply for the sake of being able to make a checkmark next to the title.”
