Status Updates From The Very Best of Friends: A...

jane in this book pmo so bad but ykw the real lessons are the friends we made along the way

woah— this is going quick

i take it back— jane is annoying as hell

okay ykw— i get that jane is insecure. honestly it is a little unrealistic for jane to not have insecurities. one of her insecurities being that she cannot be as carefree as lizzy makes a lot of sense. i think im just sad that im not seeing more of the sisterly bond im so used to. but it makes sense now— i get it.

I know this is a variation but I don’t like the author’s take on Jane’s character. We know her to be unable to think horribly of anyone or to conceive that their intentions could be less than honorable but in this version, Jane seems skeptical and has a touch of cynicism that shouldn’t be there — especially toward her favorite and closest sister. It’s just jarring to not see Lizzy and Jane close.

The story is stuck on a loop retelling over and over the same scene about Wickham poisoning Jane’s mind, and Jane struggling to believe in Lizzy ans be happy for her. Seriously, how can this scene replay over and over with no resolution at the end of it ???

The story is dragging horribly and we are not even halfway there [ eye roll ]

Each and every time Elizabeth speaks with Darcy her eyes sparkle and her head tilts — it’s beyond ridiculous !

This Darcy seems to have emotional incontinence, because he just magically speaks everything in his heart and soul to Elizabeth while at Netherfield (Jane’s illness). There is no need for story development or any unsolved plot-point here…

This story kickstarts with a puzzling, candid conversation, where Darcy gets everything in the opem with Elizabeth in every intimate, indiscrete detail about his feelings, and social expectations, to the extent of negotiating with Lizzy if and how to court her !

What more is there to it after that ???