Persuasion is another Jane Austen novel. As mentioned previously, I’ve never been able to grasp the intrigue of Jane Austen’s style so take my review with a grain of salt.
The story is about the Elliot family who, while once wealthy, had squandered their inheritance and are left up to their ears in debt. Anne, the story’s main character and daughter of the Elliot family, convinces her widower father that the best solution to their financial woes is for the family to move to Bath and rent out their estate.
They do so and their renters turn out to be none other than the sister and brother-in-law of Anne’s ex-fiancé of 10 years ago. (You see where this is going, right?)
Basically from here on out, this story has all of the elements of every other Jane Austen novel I’ve read. One of the sister’s is kind of crazy, one is annoying, relatives propose to Anne and she refuses. Anne likes a guy who turns out to be a creep. Some people get sick and some become engaged unexpectedly. People fall in love and weddings are planned. It is a fine story but completely predictable and white bread.
If this were a movie, I’d rate it: PG-13
Overall Grade: C
Would I recommend this to my friends? Some of them.
LMAO!
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