Pemberley: Or Pride and Prejudice Continued

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I am certainly no Austen expert, but I can tell you that I was overwhelmingly annoyed by the blatant incorrect facts. This novel is simply ridiculous. The timeline of events makes no sense, the social history terribly incorrect as well. Don't be sucked in by its cheaper price compared to the other sequels, avoid this book like the plague.

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Hmmmm...

Not a good sequal to P&P. The story tends to jump around too much, sometimes it's a bit jarring. The rhythm of the story took some time to get used to. The author made Lizzy out to be much more of a worrier than I think she ever would be. Without giving away too much of the story I can't imagine why she wouldn't confront Darcy, why she wouldn't fight for her marriage and relationship. The one highlight I enjoyed was the author finally gave poor Mary some attention. The story finally began to pick up speed just in time to come to a halt with 2 pages left to sum up the entire story and plot line. Not what I expected at all. If you're like me and read everything about a subject than read it, but there are better stories out there with the 'happily ever after' I think Jane intended for Darcy and Lizzy.

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Who is THIS Elizabeth??

I had high hopes for this book, and I was not too disappointed for the first part of the story. There are some nice scenes with Lizzy and Darcy early on... but it descends rapidly into something unrecognizable. The character of Elizabeth (Bennet) Darcy in particular is disappointing. In this installment, she is just as silly and empty-headed as her sisters at times. She isn't the only character who the author failed to capture... what did she do to Georgiana Darcy?!?! What happened to the shy, sweet young lady who was devoted to her brother and, Jane Austen implies, later her sister-in-law? I didn't like the mean-spiritedness of her character in this book at all. But most disturbing are the depths that Lizzy falls to, while convincing herself that Darcy doesn't love her, based on nothing more than some vicious rumors and comments made by Miss Bingley, Lady de Burgh, and Miss de Burgh. Since when does Elizabeth care what they think? Austen's Elizabeth is too smart and level-headed to bear any resemblance to the character in this book.

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Blah

Nothing like the original Jane Austen novel. I bought it looking forward to a sequal to a book I really enjoyed. What I got was a bunch of nonsense. The characters didn't act like themselves at all, the events made little sense to what the real characters would do and the book left me confused about the ending where the author ended the conflict in about 3 or so pages with little explanation as to why it ended that way.

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disappointing

As my first sequel to Pride and Prejudice, this book was really diappointing. this author turns the opinionated, tempered and logical lizzy in to a crying basket case that didn't want to confront Darcy. in true lizzy spirit darcy would have had an earful of witty yet knowledgeable comebacks. Mr. Darcy's character was also a disappointment. he treated her like a pet, ignoring her most of the time until she needed petting. if this is what i can expect from other versions os a sequel then i'd better stop reading them now.

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Disappointed

I am a great Jane Austen fan; all of her work but especially P&P. I have enjoyed many of the works of other fans who have "continued" the story of our beloved Darcy and Elizabeth. However, this is hideous and does not even deserve the rating that it got. The other reviewer is right and I am seriously considering using it as kindling for a fire as I would prefer NOT having this in my own personal library.

This author should not be permitted to use the title "Pemberley"

I am a great fan of Jane Austen and have read and re-read Pride and Prejudice many times. I own several movie versions of the story and, although I enjoy them all, I have my preferences there. I was intrigued when I discovered that some authors had continued the story or written Darcy's-side versions. All of this has been fun and interesting.
All this is to explain why I was so furious when I read "Pemberley". Darcy and Elizabeth, as well as others, did not behave in ways that were congruent with their own characters as drawn by Miss Austen. There were "factual" discrepancies that I found disturbing, and the plot was a ridiculous melodrama of a sort that Miss Austen would have deplored when applied to her "children". My happpy anticipation soured to anger and disgust in the reading of it and I say "Pemberley" reeked!

TERRIBLE !!!!!

This is the worst sequel to pride and prejudice and I have ever read. The way Mr.Darcy treats Elizabeth is as if he never loved her at all,not the Mr.Darcy we fell in love with.I would suggest that no one waste their time or money.

Excessively Disappointing

I have never read a book that I could not find at least one thing to make it worth reading, until now. I have read four different P&P sequels. They were all different and all enjoyable as a sequel, until now. This story did not stay true to the character's personalities nor the time frame it claimed to cover. These discrepencies would be apparant to anyone who had read Jane Austin's original. However, to cheer myself up I re-read my favorite P&P sequel, 'Excessively Diverted' by Juliette Shapiro. If you have the P&P sequel blues, give it a try.

What a Disappointment

The author makes Elizabeth so weak and passive. I didn't understand her use of word choice and I thought the dialogue was nothing like the original.

What ever happened to Jane Austen's characters?

I started badly with this book. The inaccuracies put me off. Jane Bennet seemed to have conceived an awful lot of children before marriage. I just didn't like it at all. I have enjoyed other Tennant titles but think she should leave Jane Austen's people alone.

DON'T BOTHER

THIS IS AN AWFUL SEQUEL. I WOULD RATE IT LESS THAN ONE STAR IF I COULD.

Utterly Disappointing!!

I wonder what was the author thinking when she wrote this book. The main characters of the book Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth and her husband Darcy have been completely changed. How could she do that? I was so looking forward to read what happened to them afterwards and was excited to find that there was a sequel, but what a DISAPPOINTMENT it was!!

'Wish I could give it less then 1 star'

How utterly boring! I am writing this with Pride and Prejudice propped up against me and I feel sorry that Ms.Tennat (forgive the mis-spelling) could just change the lovable characters and turn them into babbling idiots and such foolishness like 'the lost son'.

Not Good Enough

This book is simply not good enough to be a sequel to such an original and outstanding work like Pride and Prejudice. The characters are meer shadows of the well developed characters of which Miss Austen originally wrote. I was heartily disappointed. The fiesty and intelligent Elizabeth Bennett is replaced by a neurotic and insecure version of the original character, and Mr. Darcy is a simpering idiot. There was simply nothing redeeming about this book whatsoever. Needless to say I do not suggest that you waste your money.

Dissapointing

The book was ok, but the writer puts things in that Jane Austen would never have. Alot of things should not of happened, like first whats with this stupid Frenchwomen and Mr. Bingleys lost son and Elizabeth leaving Mr. Darcy that was unheard of, and all the other little things that happened in between. It was kind of sad to think that this book kind of gives a bad name to Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austens style of writing.

A Waste of My Time

Being a serious Jane Austen fan, I felt it time to read sequels to my favorite, Pride and Prejudice. Unfortunately, I started with this book by Emma Tennant. It was a disappointment from the beginning. I could ignore the inconsistencies in the story (for example too many children for Lydia and Jane for so short a time married)but I could not ignore the way our dear heroine, Elizabeth Bennet was portrayed. In the original JA text, Lizzie was strong, confident, and an equal to her new husband Fitzwilliam Darcy. In Ms. Tennant's version, Pemberley, Lizzie comes off as a whining, immature child who is uncomfortable with who she is and who she married. I would not recommend this book to anyone. I have since read 'Letters from Pemberley' and highly recommend that book if you are looking for a good JA sequel.

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