Review: No, no, no! Say it ain't so
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2014
I read for entertainment and escapism and this twisted, ponderous tale is much too off course for my enjoyment. I found this book so disturbing that I had trouble sleeping after finishing. This may be more realistic than a constant flow of syrupy, sweet 'happy ever after' reading in this genre but this one was not to my liking. When finished, I like to feel my time has been well spent. I really did want to like it, I just couldn't.To go so far as to marry Elizabeth to Wickham, YUCK!! Then to read of their sexual exploits, his abuse, and their life of squalor without food for the table, in a seedy part of London is way too far over the top. She was so strong willed that she would not listen to anyone and then wanted to blame her father for not stopping her. I've never seen her portrayed as being so extremely gullible and naive.This book is very well written by an obviously talented author and having read her previous work I am more than a little disappointed in this one. It deviates on much too dark of a journey for me. I waited in vain for the story to turn but even the ending was only so-so. I was very much ready for them to part and go their separate ways. Can one even imagine anything much worse than the heir to Pemberley being of questionable parentage?