Book #12 - The Jane Austen Book Club
Books 2008 Challenge - 52 Books in 52 Weeks
Book #12 - The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
Not recommended - skip the book, see the movie instead
Synopsis from bn.com:
"In California’s central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen’s novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her eye for the frailties of human behaviour and her ear for the absurdities of social intercourse, Karen Joy Fowler has never been wittier nor her characters more appealing. The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships."
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It's rare that I think a movie is better than the book that inspired it. But this is definitely the case. I liked the premise, but the writing style was just all over the place. I tend to enjoy the conversational tone too.
Maybe it didn't help that I had already seen the movie. *shrug*
Book #12 - The Jane Austen Book Club, Karen Joy Fowler
Not recommended - skip the book, see the movie instead
Synopsis from bn.com:
"In California’s central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen’s novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her eye for the frailties of human behaviour and her ear for the absurdities of social intercourse, Karen Joy Fowler has never been wittier nor her characters more appealing. The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships."
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It's rare that I think a movie is better than the book that inspired it. But this is definitely the case. I liked the premise, but the writing style was just all over the place. I tend to enjoy the conversational tone too.
Maybe it didn't help that I had already seen the movie. *shrug*