Pemberley : Or Pride & Prejudice Continued

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Summary: An extremely disappointed Pride and Prejudice fan
Review: I cannont believe that someone actually tried to pass off this dry, vulgar book as a sequel to Pride and Prejudice! I found that "Pemberly" lacked all of the wit, sophisticated humor, and cleverly disguised insults which were my reasons for reading Pride and Prejusice at least 8 times just in the last year. Much of the information is incorrect - such as - how can Lydia have 5 children when she and Mr. Wickham were married only a short while before Darcy and Elizabeth, who are said to have been married only a year? I was also extremely disappointed that Mr. Bennet was deceased in this novel, as much of the humor in P&P was in the relationship between himself and Mrs. Bennet. I found that the constant discussion of Elizabeth's desire to conceive a child and the frequent allusions to Elizabeth's supposed barreness by other characters tacky and distastefull. I also thought it ridiculous for Ms. Tennant to write that Bingly not only had a former misstress, but an illegitimate son by her. This is not holding true to Bingly's character at all! Lizzy's doubts about Darcy are also extremely ridiculous! This book was not written in the style of Jane Austen at all, and had she had the displeasure of reading this unfortunate representation of her work, she would have been very angry, in my opinion. In contrast, during the same week that I read this awful piece of "literature", I also read another sequal to P&P - "Presumption" - by Julia Barrett. I found that this book held true too the sarcastic wit and discreetness of P&P, and I was very pleased with it. In short, if you wish to read a sequal to P&P, by all means, forgo the unpleasantness and vulgarity which presents itself in "Pemberly".

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Summary: WARNING - PLEASE DO NOT READ
Review: I forced myself, through 184 measly pages, to finish this unfortunate book even though I couldn't stand to stomach the book after the first few chapters, only because I hate leaving books unfinished. The first thing that really, really bugged me throughout the book is how Jane could have a 1 yr old child after being married for only 1 year and Lydia have 4 children after being married for only around a year and a half? What in the world was she thinking? Second, it seems as if she never even read P&P because many of her facts are impossibly wrong. I won't go into examples of that because they are too numerous. But I will say that she seems to have happily overlooked the last chapter of P&P, where Austen goes into some detail describing their happy lives after they've been married. Third, the characters of Elizabeth and Darcy and everyone else are horribly, horribly misrepresented. Elizabeth comes off as some weak-willed pushover, who does nothing but cry and pine over Darcy and over all her shortcomings. Why she would ever have doubts over Darcy's fidelity and intentions towards her is another question I'll never be able to answer. And I cannot even begin to imagine that Darcy would revert back to his cold, proud attitude found in the beginning of P&P. If he loved Elizabeth so much in P&P, he would never go through the lengths of alienating her in her new home. I found Mrs. Bennet extremely annoying. Why so many chapters were devoted to her I can scarce imagine. And Georgiana was seen as a stupid brat, easily swayed by Miss Bingley. Georgiana was a sweet, understanding, and very shy child in P&P. She loved and admired Elizabeth and would never stoop to the level of snickering and making fun of her with Miss Bingley behind her back. And would anyone in their right mind believe that Bingley, of all people!, would have an illegitimate child with some random Frenchwoman? Finally, the behavior of the characters definitely do not fit in this time period. Women do not speak so openly about pregnancy and they definitely do not do it in front of men. They also do not cheerfully discuss 'douching oneself with vinegar and water' over tea or ever. All in all this was one of the worst books I've ever read. Tennant took liberties with the characters of P&P that would make anybody cringe after seeing what they've become. There are huge factual and historical inaccuracies spread throughout the book. This book just left a bad taste in my mouth after reading it.

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Summary: This book was not up to the standards set by Jane Austen.
Review: I have loved "Pride and Prejudice" for years, and was so excited to see that there existed a sequel. I was disappointed, however. The book was readable, and had I never been an Austen fan, I might have liked it just fine, but the lack of satire, the falling-back to Austen lines, made the book not my favorite. Some of the best lines or scenes were ones with references to the original.I find myself laughing out loud when I reread P&P, and this book was a nice story, but...no laughing.

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Summary: A meandering, pointless book
Review: I listened to Pemberley on cassette while sick, which is mostly the reason I had a somewhat favourable opinion of it to begin with. But after some thought - it's horrible! The bad continuity of this book has already been mentioned but I could forgive Emma Tenant if her greatest errors were in the ages of Lydia and Georgiana. The characterization, for lack of a better word, stinks! The plot...what plot? Oh, *that* thing! Completely pointless and at times embarrasing. The fan fiction written by Jane Austen fans is much, much better than this *stuff* I only given it two stars because of my innicial good impression.

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Summary: Laughably bad...
Review: I saw this book advertised in a catalog and was excited to see a "sequel" to P&P. I was seriously disappointed after reading it however, when I discovered that the personalities of most of the characters were changed dramatically (and not for the better). Elizabeth, the heroine of P&P who is a strong and intelligent young woman is reduced to a whiny, wimpy, angst-ridden hand wringer. The cover of the book claims that it is "authentic and convincing" as a sequel, but it is simply BAD.

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Summary: Very badly done
Review: I think this was a very badly written book and do not recommend it to people who wish to think of Elizabeth and Darcy as they should be thought of. The Characters were nothing like they should be and the plot was very bad. I mean, Lydia was only married maybe a year and she had a bunch of kids? Many parts like that made no sense. This book is in very bad taste.

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Summary: In one word........ HORRIBLE!!!!
Review: I was excited to find out that there were tons of sequels written to P&P. I knew that none would compare to the original but I still searched to find a way of continuing a link with my most favorite book and its charactors. The first one I read was "Pemberley". Let me just be frank with my opinion of it. This horrible sequel does not deserve to have the title "Pride and Prejudice" associated with it. The author has ruined my beloved P&P charactors and disgraced Ms Austen by writing such a horrible continuation of her most famous novel. I felt like hurling this book across the room when Miss Tennet depicted Elizabeth as nothing more than an emotional basket case. Lizzy is shown crying at everything. I only gave it 1 star because 0 stars wasn't an option.Please do not read this book and if you have, be consoled in the fact that I too wasted a day of my lfe reading this book and that there are many other more fulfilling P&P sequels out there.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I was truly disappointed in this sequel to Jane Austin's work of art. The book was full of misinformation. Jane and Lydia could not possibly have the amount of children portrayed in such a short amount of time. Reference is made (more than once) about Elizabeth and Darcy's first meeting at Bingley's Ball. Elizabeth had absolutely no spirit. And maybe most disappointing of all, was the reference to Bingley's mistress and son. Don't waste your time!!!

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Summary: A sad successor to Jane Austen's much-loved novel
Review: I'm going to be kind and sympathetic and give this book two stars. At least the author made an effort (but unfortunately didn't succeed.) I checked this book out at the library in great anticipation, because I love Pride and Prejudice and I wanted to read more! However, this book was a great disappointment. The style was not anything like Austen's and the characters were greatly changed. Elizabeth was reduced to the state of a jealous fool and Darcy - my dear Darcy! He seemed cold and unloving. The only character I liked at all in this book was Emily - the little daughter of Jane and Charles Bingley. She at least was innocent and unspoiled - the own author's creation. If you want to read a sequal that stays truer to the book, read Desire and Duty. It's not perfect (no sequal written by another author ever is) but I enjoyed it much better and the happenings seemed more likely. Or better yet, (if you, like me, loved the movie Pride and Prejudice) read the "scenes left out from Pride and Prejudice" on a Colin Firth fan page called the "Colin-y". Now those stories are truly delightful!

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Summary: Stay Away from this one
Review: I've read several Austen sequels/completion, and this is hands down the very worst one. I purchased it along with "Presumption" by Julia Barret, and while that book was not perfect, it was at least entertaining and half-way true to the original story, something that "Pemberley" was not. "Pemberley" is an inaccurate, confused medley of relationships and events that make no sense in either the relation to the original book or in themselves. It's very simply a badly done soap opera with the 'Austen continuation!' tag on it to lure readers in. Unless you wish to waste your money, stay away.