I thought the book did pick up in the 2nd half and especially the last 1/3 with the sea monster and underwater action! I did enjoy those parts of the book, odd as they might have been. It was a bit hard to keep the characters straight, between using first names or sometimes a title with last names (Mr.
though one has an odd facial/health issue in the form of tentacles). Anyway, while on the island, they still manage to visit with a lot of people, and to find men for the eldest two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, to fall in love with (in fact, Marianne has a choice of two men. Their son/brother inherited all the money, and though he initially intended (on a promise to his dying father) on providing his family with some money, his wife convinces him they can’t afford to. in the form of sea monsters! The Dashwoods – mother and three sisters – are put out of their house and must move to an island.
This retelling of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” adds in some additional.
0 kommentar(er)
