Reviews with content warning for Incest - Mansfield Park

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mousecat's review

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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sarah_zaffiro's review

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slow-paced

Loveable characters? No

2.5

Okay, I usually love Jane Austen, but she must have been GOING THROUGH IT when she wrote this one because it is soooo slow at the beginning & then kind of wrapped up in a rush? Also…how was marrying your first cousin considered okay? even in 1814? It’s also just lowkey grooming because he has known her since she was TEN YEARS OLD & he was 16. like, ew. Austen’s “heroine” is also shy and anxiety-ridden to a truly painful degree. I’m honestly baffled by this book. v disappointed tbh.

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emiliethurman's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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bilingual_introvert's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Unevenly paced. Audible gave me whiplash after being a slow/moderate burn for 2 two hours and then escalating and wrapping everything up in the last 13 minutes.

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sam_fielder_137's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I have a hard time saying anything against Jane Austen, but I feel I must. First however, I did really enjoy this. It made me laugh, cry, stress. I felt very connected to the main character (as much as I could feel connected to a girl of the early 19th century.) However, the ending came on so suddenly and so emotionless that I'm left feeling wholly unsatisfied. Austen inserts herself into the book within the last 25 pages as a present narrator and it completely threw me off guard. There were no declarations of love, nor long speeches, merely a presentation of facts, and I completely resent that especially after such a moving first 90%.

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bessadams's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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uz_kostlivec's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

My absolute least favourite Austen. I sure do take every story from her with a grain of salt as it was a very different time, I do love her characteristic humour and how she clearly agrees with the reader that so much of what's happening in the books is ridiculous for various reasons. But...

the incestuous grooming lovestory is simply too much for me. I cringed so hard at every interaction between Fanny and Edmund and thought I would crawl out of my skin at the proposal.

The only reason I revisited this book is that I like to listen to Billie Piper's voice so her narration made it bearable.

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