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Sass And Serendipity (2011)

by Jennifer Ziegler(Favorite Author)

3.18 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Delacorte Press

review 1: I don't like to give books a rating below three stars (I always feel mean criticizing an author's hard work), but I can't honestly say I enjoyed this one. Very loosely based on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, I found it difficult to get through at times. The two girls were both spoiled and selfish, have a relationship that is nothing like that of the characters on which they are based, and redeem themselves so fast at the end of the book that I got emotional whiplash. I had a hard time feeling happy for their happy endings.All that being said, there's something about the writing that worked. I found myself feeling the emotions of the characters rather strongly. If an author can do that, I consider it a well-written book, in at least that aspect.I haven't read many ret... moreellings of Sense and Sensibility so I can't say how it stacks up, but I don't think it's one I'll be adding to my Austen collection any time soon.
review 2: I liked it but I thought the characters were a bit OTT with there personalitiesThe book like the original Sense and Sensibility uses a dual plot, dual heroines and dual narrative. Although I have to say from the very beginning I did not gel with the main characters at all. I guess you could say that Gabby is the Sass to Daphne’s Serendipity; but their personalities were just too extreme for me. Gabby is grumpy and mean while Daphne is airy-fairy and lives in her own little bubble. Both are terribly self absorbed. Although this did make their sibling clashes very believable there didn’t seem to be anything else between them’ just jealousy and bitterness.As with most Jane Austen novels the story focuses on character transformation; however in this re-imagining I did feel that whatever changes the characters underwent it was a too little too late if you know what I mean.The nicest characters in the book happen to be the romantic interest for both girls in the shape of Mule and Prentiss, both characters are a lot more than they first appear, far nicer and well rounded than the girls adding a really sweet element to the plot.To be perfectly honest I can’t really see much of a parallel with Jane Austen’s original Sense and Sensibility, this may be down to my dislike of the characters. I think if they hadn’t had such extreme personalities I may have liked the book more overall. As it stand the way I feel about it is merely OK and I don’t think it will add any further understanding to the plot or the characters in the original for the pupils. less

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