Comments on: Sense and Sensibility Re-telling https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/11/01/sense-and-sensibility-re-telling/ Just another WordPress site Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:42:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1 By: DoingDewey https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/11/01/sense-and-sensibility-re-telling/#comment-2539 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 02:32:11 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-2539 It’s possible you would have enjoyed it more, although looking at your review, it seems as though some of the things that bothered you might still have been annoying. I might have given it some extra leeway as I was reading it though because I was so fond of the original and so happy with how well the author copied Austen’s style :)

]]> By: Patti Smith https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/11/01/sense-and-sensibility-re-telling/#comment-2538 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:26:38 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-2538 “I was also incredibly impressed by the author’s ability to create modern situations analogous to the now outdated social situations in the original.”

I wonder if I would have enjoyed this one better if I had, indeed, read the original first. Enjoyed your review :)

]]> By: Joanna Trollope, author of Sense & Sensibility, on tour October/November 2013 | TLC Book Tours https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/11/01/sense-and-sensibility-re-telling/#comment-2537 Sun, 10 Nov 2013 02:49:56 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-2537 […] Friday, November 1st: Doing Dewey […]

]]> By: DoingDewey https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/11/01/sense-and-sensibility-re-telling/#comment-2536 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 14:19:06 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-2536 Oh yes, in that case you should definitely look int it! Those were my favorite things about it, so I hope you’ll like it too :)

]]> By: Alice in Readerland https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/11/01/sense-and-sensibility-re-telling/#comment-2535 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 01:40:37 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-2535 I’ll have to check this out! I like how you said that the book was updated, but the writing style reminded you of Austen’s writing and that Elinor’s and Edward’s romance was expanded upon a bit. I love a good retelling (Cinder’s one of my favorites, too)! :) Great review!

Alice @ Alice in Readerland

]]> By: DoingDewey https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/11/01/sense-and-sensibility-re-telling/#comment-2534 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 23:40:56 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-2534 Well, I have to admit that I’m not the most critical reader and I do think I go into books predisposed to enjoy them. That said, having read some of the media coverage, I think their accusations are a bit harsh. For instance, complaints about her making Marianne seem selfish and petulant could, I think. also be levelled at the original but simply aren’t because it’s a classic. And I do think the author provided a fairly reasonable explanation for Edmund not wanting to break his engagement, despite the modern setting. So, I can’t promise you wouldn’t read it and decide the critics were right, but it did work for me :)

]]> By: DoingDewey https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/11/01/sense-and-sensibility-re-telling/#comment-2533 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 23:30:26 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-2533 It’s true! Since it’s the same story in almost every detail, I was glad I didn’t read this right after the original.

]]> By: DoingDewey https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/11/01/sense-and-sensibility-re-telling/#comment-2532 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 23:29:50 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-2532 It certainly makes it much easier to write a review if they keep the names! Otherwise, I feel like I have to include both names or just ignore the new names so that people will know which characters I’m talking about

]]> By: RebeccaScaglione - Love at First Book https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/11/01/sense-and-sensibility-re-telling/#comment-2531 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:57:31 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-2531 I think that there are fabulous ways to retell a classic tale, and some crappy ways. I agree, though, that keeping the characters names is important. I think that’s good, or even a “modern” version of the name, if it exists, like something similar enough where you know the character still but it doesn’t have to be exact.

]]> By: Turn the Page Reviews https://doingdeweydecimal.com/2013/11/01/sense-and-sensibility-re-telling/#comment-2530 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:55:48 +0000 http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-2530 Sounds really interesting. I haven’t read S & S in some time, so it might be a good time to try this- great review!

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