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A story of sisters and their longing for true love in a world centered in money and status. Mean girls, vanity, Victorian era gold diggers, flighty relationships, this book has it all. I do like the suspense from chapter to chapter, as you never really know how the story will end or who ends up with whom.

Elinor and Marianne show their affection in vastly different ways, and both end up in situations that they must now act the opposite in order to find happiness. Like Austen’s other novels, Sense and Sensibility has the lessons of “trust actions and not words”, “life and people are uncertain”, “be sensible but also open to love”, and “money isn’t everything.”

I do wish there were more scenes with Elinor and her love interests rather than Marianne, but it appears Jane Austen was attempting to have two heroines in this story. It could also be that I preferred Elinor’s sensible personality over Marianne’s girlishness and romanticizing. The chapters also seemed to lack a lot of conversation and heated romance/rivalry like in her other novels. The ending felt rushed.

My overall rating was 2/5 stars.