Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Arguing that Austen lacked the ability to construct a plot , he still celebrated her dramatisations : `` The reader 's pulse never throbs , his curiosity is never intense ; but his interest never wanes for a moment .
Simplified: He said : `` The reader 's pulse never throbs , his curiosity is never intense ( very strong ) ; but his interest never wanes ( stops ) for a moment .