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Some repetition from the start >> how Elizabeth has been seeing ghosts all her life, it’s revisited 100 times in different phrasings; then the oppressive feeling of an angry ghost at Pemberley, a bit tedious…
And the worst repetitive part of all; how Elizabeth wants to tell her secrets to her husband, but she CAN’T for several made-up reasons [ eye roll ] — it becomes boring quickly !
— May 27, 2026 09:22AM
And the worst repetitive part of all; how Elizabeth wants to tell her secrets to her husband, but she CAN’T for several made-up reasons [ eye roll ] — it becomes boring quickly !
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<< “I see dead people,” she said. >>
After all the buildup, after all the promises to talk to her husband and Elizabeth’s convoluted reluctance; at the worst possible moment, at the cusp of expectation ahead of a well attended ball at Pemberley, Elizabeth’s BIG CONFESSION is a total let-down.
— May 27, 2026 09:14PM
After all the buildup, after all the promises to talk to her husband and Elizabeth’s convoluted reluctance; at the worst possible moment, at the cusp of expectation ahead of a well attended ball at Pemberley, Elizabeth’s BIG CONFESSION is a total let-down.
Lit Reader
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Elizabeth is married to Pemberley’s secrets, not to a husband; she spends zero time with Darcy, they are never alone, they don’t speak, don’t have any affection or intimacy, and apparently they seldom meet at night — Elizabeth has been avoiding telling him “her secret”, and from one failed attempt to do it, days and days pass by without any opportunity to resume a conversation. Incredible !
— May 27, 2026 12:47PM
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At any point if something happens, a talk, a revelation, whatever might be, the subsequent chapter consists of Elizabeth pondering, rehashing, recalling and paraphrasing — it’s redundant and it slows the narration considerably.
— May 27, 2026 12:05PM
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The ghost aspect of the story is compelling and entertaining. Elizabeth dealing with them makes a wonderful story. But besides E’s awkward secret & refusing to tell Darcy, what makes me most uncomfortable is how she has been married a week, and she has not had one good conversation with her husband on anything, she’s checked out and is mentally absent from her marriage (!!), almost like playing her husband
— May 26, 2026 10:08PM
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May 27, 2026 09:32AM
I like this author's ideas, but she often smothers her stories by repetitively telling the reader the same thing over and over. She doesn't seem to trust her readers to remember what has happened, and she also claims she never reads reviews, so she doesn't improve. I've decided to try to overlook all the tedious repetitions and see them as her narrative "style."
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I am just done reading a particular chapter that was ONLY ABOUT Elizabeth retelling the previous chapter and pondering about her reactions, thoughts and future problems. WHY ?????
There’s no excuse for the level of repetition I’ve seen in her books. I don’t understand it either
I have two possible explanations for this >> 1) a style adopted from the days of chapter by chapter fanfiction, when entries are posted each week, needing to refresh the story for readers.Or 2) a cheap strategy to pad up the word count…
This author has published many books (including non-JAFF), so I doubt it's the fanfiction reason. I hesitate to ascribe the second reason as her motive. In the spirit of Jane Bennet, I suggest that she cares deeply about her stories, and she is anxious that her readers clearly understand her stories in a certain way, so she repeats important points to help them.
Maybe it’s that… but looking down on readers or excessive coddling is also a manner of disrespecting them (us).If I read a chapter once, I don’t need to re-read it recalled & paraphrased further — maybe I would need to in a longer format or a series, when there is a long time transpiring between the original portion and the refresher, but since this happened within a few chapters, there is no real need to…
I agree completely. But I think authors sometimes unconsciously try to lead their readers too much.
That’s a very good point; I also noticed in this story that Elizabeth was supposed to be guiding Darcy towards a specific realization, which was not necessarily a logical jump from point A to point B, and the author trying to have us to play along pretending that it was a flawless mental pathway was too much to ask from the readers, and it grated a bit (in my op.)
I still enjoyed the story @Levi ! I was irritated by the manner of the story-telling and the recurrent repetitions, but I still would recommend it to someone looking for a Paranormal P&P variation :)
