Helpful Score: 1
Book 2 starts out with much more interesting situations than the first. Within the first 50 pages there is jealousy, marriage intrigue, and hints of child abuse by a preacher. Wow. just wow. (Turns out the abuse was done by the preacher's father, but still, wow.) But sadly it did not end that way. Without giving anything away all I can say is that it seemed extremely out of character for Anne, and while I understand that she is trying to prove to Frederick her strong and non-timid character she should still have been written as herself. I did not find her to be worthy of being called a Lydia Bennet though as some of reviews have done. She was certainly not that horrible.
All in all, the majority of the book went along well, although a bit akwardly at times. Such as Wentworth's visit to his brother while bringing along a new ward so too speak, but then leaving him without a second thought. Also, he just seemed overtly emotional in this book. The first book totally nailed his voice. He was emotional while still in control. This book had me thinking he sounded somewhat like a woman of that time would have sounded like.
Basically, it wasn't as good as the first book (even with the first books super slow start) but was good all the same. I don't ever see myself rereading them though.
What annoys me most about this book is the incessant typos which are sadly much more often in this book compared to the last. Misused punctuation, a lack of spacing, and forgetting to start a new paragraphs were some things that bothered me, but when NAMES are wrong I am thoroughly annoyed. Twice Wentworth is referred to as Went-worth even though it was not at the end of a line, and in the previous book Louisa became Louise and at one point was addressed as Henrietta by mistake. I understand that the books were published by an independent publisher but still the sheer numbers of mistakes is highly annoying and quickly pulls the reader right out of the story. Also, the paper and cover were of such high quality, so it was dissapointing to realize that that same quality did not extend to the text.
All in all, the majority of the book went along well, although a bit akwardly at times. Such as Wentworth's visit to his brother while bringing along a new ward so too speak, but then leaving him without a second thought. Also, he just seemed overtly emotional in this book. The first book totally nailed his voice. He was emotional while still in control. This book had me thinking he sounded somewhat like a woman of that time would have sounded like.
Basically, it wasn't as good as the first book (even with the first books super slow start) but was good all the same. I don't ever see myself rereading them though.
What annoys me most about this book is the incessant typos which are sadly much more often in this book compared to the last. Misused punctuation, a lack of spacing, and forgetting to start a new paragraphs were some things that bothered me, but when NAMES are wrong I am thoroughly annoyed. Twice Wentworth is referred to as Went-worth even though it was not at the end of a line, and in the previous book Louisa became Louise and at one point was addressed as Henrietta by mistake. I understand that the books were published by an independent publisher but still the sheer numbers of mistakes is highly annoying and quickly pulls the reader right out of the story. Also, the paper and cover were of such high quality, so it was dissapointing to realize that that same quality did not extend to the text.
