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Jan 16, 2013 06:27PM

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OMG what a load of crap! Way too much praise! Probably mostly by people who were snickering at Pride and Prejudice and giggled every time Jane Austen mentioned "balls". *rolling eyes*
The worst was when the president of Jane Austen society praised the book! Made me wonder why she is even in Jane Austen society when she so clearly doesn't get Jane Austen at all! Perhaps she thinks they are "just romance novels".
The author didn't have any idea or understanding of Regency Britain, Jane Austen's style or sense of humor, the characters of Elizabeth or mr. Darcy or anyone else in the books. His humor is immature and crude, and the jokes get old very, very quickly, but he just keeps on - I think there were three ball jokes in the book if not more, and every time it was presented with the "wink, wink". *sigh*
So disappointed.
The movie was much better. Perhaps because I was expecting crap, and it wasn't quite as crappy, or because they had managed to make something OK of the crappy book.