I know a common complaint with Austen's work is that it simply appears to be rich people going to each other's houses throughout the whole book. Whilst I won't deny that this is a common feature, I will admit that I.. really enjoy it. That's not to say that I would simplify her books to this mere point (because they're much more nuanced than that) but it feels.. gossipy in a fun way.

It's also really ridiculous at times and that's the point. Austen loves poking fun. Now I haven't finished S+S but Lady Middleton is a great example so far. Her only purpose seems to be to care about elegance and of course her children. They're screaming their lungs out? Oh her poor, poor babies. Playing pranks? What humorous, delightful children she has!

Of course there's also Mr Collins and his boiled potatoes from P+P.

These constant dinner gatherings and tea parties really just reflect the society she was in. And she utilizes them to sprinkle in humour, to set up her characters and their interactions.

I do appreciate that it may get tiring at times but.. I dunno, I find it fun. I think it builds to the overall wittiness and humour. Thoughts though?

Okay so is there anyone here who DIDN’T like the new Guillermo del Toro frankenstin film?! because I found it so disappointing 😭😭

not only did they add loads of unnecessary plot lines and characters, but I felt so detached from the monster compared to the book. The part in the monster’s tale where he really learns from the family in the home and yearns to become one of them was rushed so much, and we weren’t given the chance to really feel pure empathy for him.

I did think the cinematography was great and it definitely didn’t feel like 2.5 hours because I was so engrossed, but overall it felt like a major departure from the book. I think it would work as a standalone film, but as a book adaptation, it just wasn’t the same 🥲

I'm living for Mrs. Bennett 😂 you go girl! Get those girls married by any means necessary 😂

I read this, like many others, as the Emerald Fennel adaptation is around the corner. I can see why this story interests her as there are quite a few parallels with something like Saltburn.

So as the purists gear up on hating her work no matter what, and everyone in classic literature adaptations keeps arguing about ‘98 or ‘05 when it comes to P&P, what is, to date, the best of the 20 or so adaptations of Wuthering Heights, in your opinion?

Okay fellow Pagebound users I have a question for you! When you are reading a book what do you see? This sounds crazy but I had a conversation with my sister and we both agree we visualize the characters and everything that happens pretty vividly like we are there with the characters or maybe like a movie, sometimes even smells or feelings based on what we’re reading. however I asked another friend and they said they just see words on a page??? 🤔🤔I have done some googling and it appears there is a gradient of what people see when they picture an image or read a book? This is news to me as I thought the appeal of reading is to vividly hallucinate to, if you think about it….ink shapes on dead trees? Anyways wondering if anyone has anything to add to this lol - I may delete this as it might not make any sense but I hope it does🤔

reading this for the culture and also out of curiosity the writing so far is riding the line between good fanfic and not good fanfic, but it's definitely giving fanfic. this isn't a dig at fanfics, those are written for fun and out of love (or sometimes hate) for a story by people who aren't generally writers, but this is a published novel that's made millions of dollars tbh if I'd read it at like 13 like tons of other people did, I probably would have been obsessed too, the way Bella describes herself is relatable If the synopsis didn't give it away (and the Edward being a vampire thing wasn't on a who Luke's father is level of pop culture knowledge), why Edward is acting this way would be kind of compelling, especially after the scene in the office also Bella followed up describing Edward's hair as reddish-brown (my hair color) with 'unusual' and I just found that funny XD