Mansfield Park

Well ... I pretty much hated this book.

I realize it's social commentary. I understand the moral struggles going against societal norms and peer pressure. And the cousins marrying thing is, albeit not cool, not the most grievous concern.

This ought to have been a short story. With some economy of words, and greater use of exposition (which Austen excells at), the reader could easily have come away with the same understanding Austen hiped we would. Much of the detail I regarded as meaningless, even in the end.

The language, as always, was excellent. Hence the second star.