Review: Writing Jane Austen

Yeah, I know, it's been a while. But I'm back and ready to write a book review! I've been reading a bajillion different books all at once lately and I don't know why. Anywho, I believe I picked this one up at one of the closing Borders (possibly my opinion on that later). It's written by Elizabeth Aston, who has also written the Darcy Series.

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Elizabeth Aston

I thought this book was kind of strange, because it jumped right in, didn't beat around the bush about Georgina writing this Jane Austen novel. So then I kept waiting for her to start writing...and I waited...and waited...and waited. I was started to get worried for her, because I had about 100 pages to go and she hadn't started writing yet. Maybe that's the way the author wanted it, but I thought the book was more going to be about her writing the book, not the readers counting the number of ways she can procrastinate. I just kept getting annoyed at how she wasn't writing and how she was complaining about the fact that she wasn't writing. I did enjoy the part where she read all of Austen's novels in, like, two days. I could identify with her in that everyone thought it was terrible that she'd never read them. I've never read a single Jane Austen. I've tried. I'm sure I'll try again someday and get through it, but for now, it's just not my thing. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

I liked the characters, though I felt like Georgina didn't have as much of a personality as the other characters. I really like Henry and Maud, of course.

So, the beginning and the middle weren't really my piece of pie, but it was worth it to read the last (about) 100 pages. The end was witty, clever, and suspenseful. So if you're having some trouble getting through this one, I would recommend sticking it out to get to the end. I was just happy with the ending all around.

I don't know what will be in store for Oh, That Alice next, but hopefully it comes out faster then this did.