Jane Austen July 2025 discussion

What are you reading this Jane Austen July? :)

Yey! It's here!

I actually... started early again!

I wanted to get a head start on The Year in Between: A Sense and Sensibility Variation because that book is LONG and I was worried it would take up too much of my time in July plus this is a carryover from last year. I will just say that was the book not 700+ pages long, I would have read it in one sitting, my sleep was seriously affected.

Then as I was in a swing after that one, I immediately picked up A Remedy Against Sin: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by the same author, which I finished today. I guess it was fine, but yeah, kind of meh for me.

My mini-review if you are interested: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Today, I started Mary, A Fiction and The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria for the contemporary prompt. I have a Broadview edition, so I just got through the Introduction and haven't actually started the text itself yet. Hope to do that later today.

My reactions to those two Morland stories was much the same! A Remedy against Sin was her first book, and I think it was really quite strong for a first book.

Have fun (?) with Mary!

I finished my first Austenesque, Brinshore, the second book in Ann Mychal’s series based on The Watsons. Mychal writes “Austenese” quite well and I really admire her dialogue, but I don’t love the characters of this one. Moving on to #3 in the series next.

Abigail wrote: "My reactions to those two Morland stories was much the same! A Remedy against Sin was her first book, and I think it was really quite strong for a first book."

Yeah, definitely not bad for a debut. I think my main thing was that it really could have been edited down some. And in Year in Between she was really succesful with drawing the characters, which I don't think she pulled of in Remedy. I think I maybe have a minor reading slump right now, because I struggled with finishing it (which rarely happens to me with books like this), so I might have been harsher than I usually would have been. I'm definitely going to check some more of her books in the future.

Have fun (?) with Mary!

Haha, yeah. I saw your review earlier today although I didn't read it yet, saving that after I finish it. I did start on the text and so far, I think I'm having better time than you did (having additional context helps I think) but this is definitely much weaker work from her. But I already wrote quite a bit about this in the BR thread so I guess I won't repeat it here again.


Good luck with your Watsons escapades!

I've started Jane Austen July by finally finishing Mansfield Park 🥰 After this I will have read everything JA has written, except her letters! Hoping to get to Emma after Mansfield Park :)

Currently listening to the audiobook of Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend by Rebecca Romney - read by the author.

Currently reading:
- Emma by Jane Austen
- The Georgian Gentleman by Michael Brander
- Jane Austen's Families by June Sturrock

Currently watching:
- Emma Approved (webseries) - progress: 50/72 episodes
- for fun and giggles: Blackadder the Third (1987 TV series) - progress: 2/6 episodes

Hoping to get back to and finish Jane Austen's Bookshelf this month. Planning to start either Pride and Prejudice or Emma once I get some more grad school work done this week.

Started watching the bbc Pride and Prejudice for the first time. After reading the book I appreciate how much more detailed this story is in comparison to the 2005 version (although that will always be my #1).

Also just started Wuthering Heights! I had no idea what the story was about so I was a bit surprised

Avni wrote: "Started watching the bbc Pride and Prejudice for the first time. After reading the book I appreciate how much more detailed this story is in comparison to the 2005 version (although that will always be my #1).

Also just started Wuthering Heights! I had no idea what the story was about so I was a bit surprised
"

Oh wow! The 2005 film is nowhere near accurate and is a thin outline of the story. It lacks Jane's beautiful langauge.

And oh wow again! Never read Wuthering Heights? Brace yourself. The story features an unreliable narrator and a very toxic relationship. I loved it in high school but then I grew up and realized how twisted Heathcliff was and the Bronte sister had man issues.

QNPoohBear wrote: "Avni wrote: "Started watching the bbc Pride and Prejudice for the first time. After reading the book I appreciate how much more detailed this story is in comparison to the 2005 version (although th..."

Haha though I can acknowledge the inaccuracies of the 2005 film, it just has my heart. Something about the cinematography/actors :D

As for Wuthering Heights, wow that makes me more interested! The only other Brontë sisters book I've read was Jane Eyre, which I was not the biggest fan of, so hopefully I like this more!

I just picked up from my library the DVD set: "The Life and Works of Jane Austen: The Great Courses", lectures by Devoney Looser. It is 24 lectures (30 minutes each) covering Austen's life and books. I plan to watch one or two lectures each evening. Earlier this year I read The Making of Jane Austen by Devoney Looser, and thoroughly enjoyed it, so looking forward to these lectures.

I’m obviously doing the Emma group read, and have finished challenge 7 with Emma Approved which was NOT in my TBR :) C’est la Vie!
I can recommend this web series - a smart modern take on Emma, and it has mostly kept to the text and very much to the spirit of the original.

I have also finished reading the last one of my 3 NF - the JASNA article on Mme de Genlis Adelaide and Theodore on Emma.
Already in Chapters 3- 4 I can see this in Emma’s efforts to ‘mould’ Harriet, to a prescription ideal in her own mind.

Another to-be-watched, not read. I can't help wondering what Jane would think if she knew that over 200 years after her passing, her books were still being read, loved and constant movie remakes being done (she knew nothing of movies); that museums were being dedicated to her life and times, and that people would travel from all over the world to see the places she'd lived and visited; and that women would still be drooling over her characters, especially Mr. Darcy (I've got a tote bag that says, "Fitzwilliam Darcy, setting up unrealistic expectations since 1813." Lol).

Walking in Jane Austen's Footsteps (2 hours)

https://youtu.be/-sZgPZoOVnw?si=jHum9...

Jane Austen's House (1/2 hour)

https://youtu.be/NQ9CPE21cm8?si=BXnIu...

Lucy Worsley, author of Jane Austen at Home, talks about Jane's home, life and death (1/2 hour)

https://youtu.be/tqgJZPF_m0o?si=0-CPs...

Kathy wrote: "I just picked up from my library the DVD set: "The Life and Works of Jane Austen: The Great Courses", lectures by Devoney Looser. It is 24 lectures (30 minutes each) covering Austen's life and book..."

Hi, Kathy. I watched this course for JAJ 2022. I found the lectures a nice way to get inside JA's world.

On July 1, I read the three criticism essays from A Truth Universally Acknowledged. I enjoyed "The Girls Who Don't Say Whoo" by Amy Heckerling because she discusses how she came to write Clueless based on Emma. I also enjoyed Virginia Woolf's "Jane Austen at Sixty," although I don't agree with all of her assessments.

Travelling to London from Edinburghtoday. I have my reading material ready, Emma and Persuasion should keep me busy

I finished Sense and Sensibility. So I had to start Waverley by Walter Scott. I have to force myself to finish it, I have abandoned too many of his books mid-read, not always his fault though, mostly mine. I'm not very good at reading books slowly, I have to dive in and read them quickly. Not sure I can do this with Waverley, going to have to make myself.

Progress post:

Finished Jane Austen's Families by June Sturrock.

This book is essentially a collection of seven essays (six chapters and a conclusion), each exploring recurring themes across Jane Austen’s novels, all centered on family dynamics. The structure is clear and thematic:

1. The Functions of Dysfunctional Families — Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice
2. Spoilt Children — Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma
3. “Usefulness and Exertion” — Mothers and sisters in Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion
4. Money, Morals, and Mansfield Park
5. Speech and Silence in Emma
6. Dandies and Beauties — The issue of good looks in Persuasion
7. Conclusion: “Creative Attention”

I enjoyed it well enough. It reads very much like a set of scholarly articles compiled into a book—which it essentially is. Some arguments are more compelling than others, which is to be expected in a work of literary criticism. 3.5 stars

The standout for me was the chapter on spoilt children. The comparison between Mr. Darcy, Maria Bertram, and Emma Woodhouse was insightful and well-supported by quotes from the books. I was especially struck by the parallels between Darcy and Emma—something I hadn’t fully appreciated before.

Finished Emma Approved (2014) – Web Series (Modern Adaptation) - 72/72 episodes
- Writer/Director: Bernie Su
- Cast: Joanna Sotomura, Brent Bailey


A surprisingly clever modern adaptation of Emma. It stays fairly true to the book, and I really enjoyed the performances. Every actor was solid in their role.

That said, it did feel a bit too long (over 70 episodes), and I really missed Mr. Woodhouse. He’s such an essential part of the novel, and his absence was noticeable. The reason given for the concealment of (view spoiler)[Frank and Jane’s relationship (hide spoiler)] doesn’t quite hold up. No matter how the characters try to justify it, it just doesn’t make much sense in a modern context.

Still, overall, it worked. I found it charming and enjoyable.

Finished Blackadder the Third (1987 TV series) - 6/6 episodes

It's so much fun. I thought it fitting as a companion piece to reading Emma. Afterall, the book was dedicated to the Prince Regent and the Prince played by Hugh Laurie is one of the main characters. It's historically wildly inaccurate, but that's not the point. It's only 6 episodes but if you can watch just one, please pick Ink and Incapability (episode 2): It's about Samuel Johnson's Dictionary; Byron, Coleridge and Shelley make a cameo, and Jane Austen is mentioned: (view spoiler)[Blackadder claims that Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth are men, especially Jane Austen, who is actually "a huge Yorkshireman with a beard like a rhododendron bush", and the only female writer in England is James Boswell. (hide spoiler)]

I needed something lighthearted and readable, so I ended up reding two historical romances set in Regency. Definitely more loosely related to JAJ and not sure if someone will actually find it interesting here, but I am counting it for my challenge. (Yes, it seems I do keep focusing on only just one prompt, that happens every year, don't mind me.)

Something in the Heir wasn't quite for me. If you want historical accuracy in your historical fiction, don't pick this one up either. I wouldn't even be able to tell this was set in Regency if it wasn't for the cover and one mention of prince Regent. I had some ethical concerns as well, but otherwise it was ridiculous and funny which I do enjoy a lot.

If you want more of my thoughts I wrote a review for this one: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

I also read Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian who is quickly becoming one of my favourite romance authors. I liked this one very much, it's queer (obviously) and it portrays a chronically ill character and the other character is a recovering addict with PTSD. You can probably tell from that that this is very full of taking care of one another when unwell. Which I do love, so this definitely worked for me.


I also started to listen to Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend. Which was to be my second non-fiction read if I would be able to make two, but... what can I say, the hype got to me + I was in mood for this over a book focusing more closely on the text. I am trying to listen to my moods more (to avoid reading slumps) so this is what I did. I'm about third in now and I am very happy with the book. I do like the author a lot (her childhood favourite is Matilda what can I say) and the scholarship in it does seem really solid so far (yes, I still do have a beef with Jane Austen at Home). I'm going to continue with it today and I expect to get a lot farther in if not finishing it, it is really good and readable.

Jassmine wrote: ‘… (yes, I still do have a beef with Jane Austen at Home).’
Agree!! I gave it inky 2 stars on GR. Superficial book. So much more solid information *even on JA housing* in le Faye and Tomalin books.
Worsley is only taking advantage off her job position to self promote and push her half baked, barely researched books.

Renuka wrote: "Jassmine wrote: ‘… (yes, I still do have a beef with Jane Austen at Home).’
Agree!! I gave it inky 2 stars on GR. Superficial book. So much more solid information *even on JA housing* in le Faye an..."

Though, I think it's a good starting point. It's "light" reading, it flows nicely, but if you want something more meaty, look elsewhere.
What also helps Lucy Worsley's book is a nice documentary Jane Austen - Behind Closed Doors, it adds visuals to the written word.

BTW There is a revised edition of Jane Austen at Home, so maybe some of the things you didn't like got improved.

Finished

--- Emma. (2020 Movie)

Highly stylized. Leans heavily into the comedic aspects of the novel. I liked it but can understand why it's not everyone's cup of tea.

---- The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Originally published in 1774 - before Jane Austen was even born - but the English translation appeared in 1779, so I say it counts! Plus, Werther gets a name-drop in Austen’s Love and Freindship, which gives it an Austen-adjacent seal of approval.

What can I say about the book? The prose is beautiful, the protagonist completely overwrought. It’s easy to see why the champions of the cult of sensibility adored it. I can see Marianne Dashwood crying uncontrollably over poor Werther's fate. It shares themes with Henry Mackenzie’s The Man of Feeling, but with a more focused tone and far superior writing (it’s Goethe, after all, so no surprise there).

Here's the quote from Love and Freindship:
"They said he was Sensible, well-informed, and Agreable; we did not pretend to Judge of such trifles, but as we were convinced he had no soul, that he had never read the sorrows of Werter, and that his Hair bore not the least resemblance to auburn, we were certain that Janetta could feel no affection for him, or at least that she ought to feel none."

Oh, Jane, you absolute queen of creative spelling!

I finished Waverley by Walter Scott, that was quite hard work. I did enjoy it, but I'm after something that requires a little less commitment. I decided to read High Society in the Regency Period by Venetia Murray as my non-fiction no. 3 part of the challenge. It's beautifully researched but a nice gentle read. I'm only doing 1, 3, 4 and 5, but I'm probably going to overcommit on 1 and 3 so that seems reasonable.

Earlier this year I read Discipline by Mary Brunton, just to read more women Scottish novelists, it was a bit weird carrying around a book called Discipline, I got a few questions about what it was about! The narrative is a first person self-flagellation but provides an interesting insight in the first half into how a young woman, without parental guidance can get caught up in a social whirl that can get them into trouble. So if anyone is still looking for a contemporary to read that might of interest.

Renuka wrote: "Agree!! I gave it inky 2 stars on GR. Superficial book. So much more solid information *even on JA housing* in le Faye an..."

Yeah, I gave it three because I thought there were some good parts, but definitely a book that gets more hype than it's worth in my opinion. I'm adding the Tomalin book to my tbr for when I'm in mood for more JA biography.

Zuzana wrote: "BTW There is a revised edition of Jane Austen at Home, so maybe some of the things you didn't like got improved."

To be fair, I am not certain which edition I read (I listened to audio) so that is certainly possible. Some of the faults are I think very ingrained, but maybe at least the non-sense surrounding women's undergarments could have been fixed.

But yeah, I agree that it's quite readable and as introduction it worked fine for me.

Zuzana wrote: "Progress post:

Finished Jane Austen's Families by June Sturrock.

This book is essentially a collection of seven essays (six chapters and..."

Thanks for all the info on what you’re reading, Zuzana! That’s really helpful.

Finished another two Watsons completions, Laura Place, the third volume of Ann Mychal’s Watson-based trilogy (the second and third volumes move into the next generation of characters) and The Watsons Revisited, reviewed here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....

Moving on to my nonfiction selection, A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen.

Finished Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend yesterday. In my opinion definitely worth the hype, I enjoyed myself immensely. I will just say that considerable chunk of this book is about Romney discovering those authors and experiencing them herself for the first time and I loved that, but I think that is something that might not work that well for someone who wants to just learn about these writers. But yeah, I really loved it, the audio is great as well.

I'm almost done with Mary, A Fiction, definitely not a read for everybody, but I am finding it interesting. I hope to finish that today and then taking a bit of a break before diving into Maria which I heard is the superior of the two albeit unfinished.

My copy of Emma also finally found it's way to me, so I'm starting that today or tomorrow.

I am reading Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen by Rory Muir. Very slowly, though, as each chapter (on Meeting, Attraction, Courtship, etc) is filled to the brim with examples not only from the books but mostly from real life. These are mostly people that I've never heard of before and while the examples certainly illustrate the points Muir is trying to make, I'll forget 95% of them before finishing the book. Or even the chapter.

I also find the information a little thin. The first chapter (Meeting) lists places where young people could meet prospective partners: at home, visiting friends and family, in town. Not exactly a revelation when you have read Jane Austen's novels. And if you have not yet read all the novels, you really should not read this book because of spoilers! I hope there'll be more meat to the book when we come to legal and financial issues of marriages.

Initially, I was interested in reading Muir's Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England, but it was not available in my library. If anyone has read both these books, could you share your thoughts, please?

This post doesn't exactly fit into any of these categories, but I find myself with an unexpected day off, so I decided to do something I've been thinking about for a couple weeks now. It's not one of the challenges, but I took it up anyway: there's a small town not too far from me called Wentworth, and in honor of Anne Eliot and her captain, I decided to take a drive through it. I didn't expect much - like most other small towns, which make up the bulk of the state, it's got a population of less than two hundred. Most towns, even the ones with a population of less than a hundred, have a bar and a church; Wentworth manages to have two churches, but if there's a bar there, I didn't see it. If Jane or any of her characters had taken such a little trip, they would undoubtedly have stopped at a tea shop for tea and cakes; unfortunately, Wentworth didn't even have a convenience store where I could buy a cup of tea and a muffin, so I had to stop someplace else on the way home to get them. Which I'm now enjoying as I watch my third Emma movie of the month (the Romola Garai/Johnny Lee Miller version - first time I've seen this one).

Here's to unexpected days off! 🫖

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I am currently reading Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart, and it is quite good, liking most of the stories in this collection.

I am currently listening to The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen, which is truly wonderful!

Rachel Joy wrote: "I am currently listening to The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen, which is truly wonderful!"

I liked that one OK and also The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen

Lindenblatt wrote: "I am reading Love and Marriage in the Age of Jane Austen by Rory Muir. Very slowly, though, as each chapter (on Meeting, Attraction, Courtship, etc) is filled to the brim with exam..."

I didn't read Muir previously, so can't offer any opinion, but I am definitely interested in your thoughts since this book is definitely more toward the top in my pile of Jane Austen Related non-fiction to read.

Finished Mary, A Fiction and I am taking a short break before continuing on The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria. I think this is probably only for true Wollstonecraft's enthusiasts. In my edition there was a quote by some scholar / editor of her work how she couldn't write a fiction to save her life and... yeah, fair. (Although waiting to finish her only other fictional work to finalise this judgement.) But for me, it was an interesting reflection on Wollstonecraft herself, especially on her relationship with Fanny Blood. I do think that for big chunk the novela is Wollstonecraft processing her grief over the loss of her best friend and first love (this is what Godwin calls her). And I'm just fascinated by so many things about this.

I also finally started Emma and now I'm trying to catch up onto everybody! I forgot how hilarious this book is, no wonder it's my favourite. I just really enjoy the characters even though some of the scenes are hard to read.

I also started a second non-fiction read this JAJ for me: What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved. I'm finding it a really quick and easy read and I am enjoying myself. The context Mullan gives is great, although we often disagree in the interpretation of the facts. That makes it all the more interesting experience albeit frustrating one. There was one passage only so far that just made me genuinely angry (and I'm at 70% now) and that was the chapter about sisters sharing bed? The was he equals lesbianism with incest is disgusting and the way he solves the whole question is highly... questionable. To paraphrase: "Nevermind, Jane and Cassandra actually had two beds in their room and look at Frances Burney and her sister, now something way weirder was going on there!" Excuse me?! The informations on the fictional sisters in between would have been really interesting if there wasn't framed in this ridiculous way.


Anyway, I'm currently really enjoying my non-fiction reading and am already pondering what to pick up next. There is a librivox recording of Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman because it has been on my radar for so long and this might be the perfect oportunity. Also thinking about picking up The Female Quixote because it took up my interest and it has a modern audiobook where the narration doesn't irritate me terribly. (Sadly can't be said for Burney's books.)

I finished The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen and gave it the full 5 stars. Really enjoyed it and would recommend it.
Will add The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen to my Jane Austen TBR list ☺️.

I am now listening to Persuasion.

Zuzana wrote: BTW There is a revised edition of Jane Austen at Home, so maybe some of the things you didn't like got improved.

Thank you Zuzana. I will read it if I can do so at the library or borrow (not easy here) from someone - not going to pay any more for her books !!
Well, maybe after I’ve read it :)

WhiteRaven BlackSwan wrote: ‘…there's a small town not too far from me called Wentworth, and in honor of Anne Eliot and her captain, I decided to take a drive through it…’

I wonder if it’s in anyway connected to the Wentworth-Woodhouse mansion.
Once the largest residential building in the UK with a facade twice as long as that of Buckingham Palace!

https://wentworthwoodhouse.org.uk/our...

No wonder we are told in Emma that the Woodhouses were ‘the younger branch of a very ancient family’ (Chapter 16).

And in Persuasion, Sir Walter Elliot wonders during a conversation about Mr Wentworth the former curate at Monkford, how the name of one of England’s foremost families has come to be used by me of kesser worth.
I parapharse - I don’t have the book to hand right now.

used by men of lesser worth.

Lindenblatt wrote: ‘… I was interested in reading Muir's Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune: How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England, but it was not available in my library. If anyone has read both these books, could you share your thoughts, please?’

I absolutely loved Gentlemen - full of academic research meat, and yet high readability.

But I ran through it eagerly during JAJ 2-3 years back, when the book first appeared - and have always meant to reread more slowly, savouring the details - but haven’t got down to it yet - therefore my GR rating is not up, I think.

But I recommended it highly in the JAJ of the year it was published.
I still stand by it.

Haven’t read the Love and Marriage to the end - just started, so sorry can’t say anything much - but it’s very readable, collects info we know about the topic all in one place - but I think it may not be as rich in detail as Gentlemen.

Reading ‘In the Steps of Jane Austen’ by Anne-Marie Edwards which I found languishing in my large JA bookshelf.

Nice for a little dreamy virtual walk with JA.

My copy has a different cover than here with JA on the top left and 3 buildings below.
But I guess the contents are the same.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Renuka wrote: "Reading ‘In the Steps of Jane Austen’ by Anne-Marie Edwards which I found languishing in my large JA bookshelf.
My copy has a different cover"

I read that book earlier this year and my cover is like yours:
In the steps of Jane Austen

I’ve currently:
—Read half of Emma
—Watched the 2020 film
—Watched the BBC version

Would love to read JA’s Bookshelf but may save it for later. It sounds fantastic.

Reading Emma now and about to start my nonfiction maybe tomorrow. I finished The Nun for #5 prompt.

How is The Nun?

Renuka said "I wonder if it’s in anyway connected to the Wentworth-Woodhouse mansion."

Probably not, since I live in the US. 😎

Reading “Emma”, “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf”, and “She Played and Sang - Jane Austen and music”. While reading this last book I came across a reference to John Baptist Cramer. According to the book he is a composer mentioned in passing in Emma, and is the only composer mentioned in any of he novels. So I am currently looking for a piece to play by this composer as part of Jane Austen July :).

In the “have read” pile this month is “Northhanger Abbey”and “The Prayers of Jane Austen”

Watched - Emma 2020
Currently watching the BBC 4 part adaptation

WhiteRaven wrote: "Renuka said "I wonder if it’s in anyway connected to the Wentworth-Woodhouse mansion."

Probably not, since I live in the US. 😎"

You never know until you look it up. The early colonists were quite prolific.

I've been doing some research on my family tree. SUPPOSEDLY I'm related to an Anne Wentworth and Emma Woodhouse (from Yorkshire). There was large landowning family named Wentworth-Fitzwilliam there until 1979! The Wentworths died out before Persuasion was written but within Jane's lifetime.

My ancestors pre-date the Wentworth-Woodhouse stately home. Apparently the ancestors originated in the village of Wentworth in Yorkshire. Emma Woodhouse married a Wentworth. At some point, my ancestor became a Puritan, denounced the Massachusetts Puritans, got kicked out of Boston and went to New Hampshire where his granddaughter married a non-Puritanical sort.

Further discussion on those names
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Ginny wrote: "How is The Nun?"

Ginny, in one way it is a good fast page turner and in another sense it is very irritating. I can't say much else without ruining it for someone.

Sounds like I’ll be putting The Nun on my reading list. Also laughing at the possibility of overhearing, “that nun is fast, but irritating.”