Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

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Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.

It's hard to believe that this book was written by the same person that wrote Pride and Prejudice. It didn't feel like a romance at all. There didn't seem to be chemistry between any of the characters and the love interests. There were only two characters that I liked and I wished that they would end up together but that wasn't the case. I didn't understand why the author decided on the couplings that she did or why she feels the need to put one annoying female character and a complete jerk male character in her books. I know that I have only read two of her novels but it seems to be a pattern so far. I went into this book hoping to like it and was disappointed that wasn't the case. The plot was uninteresting and difficult to follow at points. I felt like the ending was rushed and didn't really make any sense due to certain characters motivations changing so drastically without much forethought or explanation. This just wasn't the book for me. I will probably try another book by Jane Austen but if I feel similarly to how I feel about Sense and Sensibility then I might decide to give up on Jane Austen books.