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Wickham's Diary (2011)

by Amanda Grange(Favorite Author)

3.05 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1402251866 (ISBN13: 9781402251863)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sourcebooks Landmark

review 1: I have enjoyed Grange's retelling of Austen stories from the male perspective (although one suspends belief to think that makes of this era would be so reflective or detailed about romantic matters). This one was not as enjoyable--perhaps it is because Wickham himself is too self absorbed (the villain rather than the hero)and conniving or perhaps because it ends to early to tell me what he really thought of Elizabeth Bennett and Darcy. Either way I found it fell flat.
review 2: I have enjoyed all of Amanda Grange's Jane Austen spin-off books, especially the Diary books. I was eagerly anticipating "Wickham's Diary" because it was the first of Ms. Grange's books to focus on one of Austen's bad boys. I was curious to see what made Wickham tick, and I wanted to see... more if Grange was able to somehow infuse some redeeming qualities into Wickham."Wickham's Diary" was entertaining, if a bit short (lots of white space and half-blank pages). I read the whole thing in one sitting. There was some interesting insight into Wickham's upbringing (makes you want to wring his mother's neck), which helped me - as the reader - to understand what made Wickham into what he was as an adult.However, the book ended just as Wickham was about to meet the Bennett family. I almost screamed in frustration because I wanted to get into Wickham's head during the "Pride and Prejudice" time period leading up to his running away with Lydia Bennett. I was so curious to hear his thoughts from his own point of view. So imagine my disappointment when the book ended just as Wickham heard about this new family of girls (the Bennetts) moving to Hertfordshire.Ah, well. I still found the book entertaining and am looking forward to Ms. Grange's next book, whatever it may be. For those of you who have not read Ms. Grange's other Diary books, try "Colonel Brandon's Diary" or "Mr. Darcy's Diary," both of which I thoroughly enjoyed. less

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