- Hardcover: 433 pages
- Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (August 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1410439747
- ISBN-13: 978-1410439741
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.7 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
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3.1 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews)
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Truly disappointing...author fraud?, Feb 9 2009
By K. Jacobs - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Mr. Darcy's Dream (Paperback)
I've read all of Aston's Darcy-family books. They've been a delight. This latest is dismally disappointing, moving me to wonder if the same author is at work here. Boring, shallow protagonists, much too much focus on the maids! and their perspectives/quibbling, and story that doesn't really kick in until at least 150 pages in. What a disaster. I had no desire even to finish. Hoping this is just an example of having a bad outing, and that Ashton is back on her game in her next effort.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mr Darcy finally arrives on page 281 -- but I heartily endorse, regardless!, Jan 29 2009
By Christina Boyd "Great Reader & sometimes gues... - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Mr. Darcy's Dream (Paperback)
I would have easily given this book 5 stars if not for the niggling sensation I felt as I read it. Like all Elizabeth Aston's books, Jane Austen's original characters are not principal players -- which for in any other book would have been perfectly acceptable. And I love that all her books can stand alone. But to actually title this book MR DARCY'S DREAM was extremely deceptive. In classic Aston style, Mr Darcy makes an appearance at the end and does have the last word. But since almost the entire story is based at Pemberley, and the Darcy's arent even in residence until the day of the ball -- well, to be honest, that disappointed me. This book was very enjoyable nonetheless, if not for the deceptive title. (Yes, yes... I get it. I totally get WHAT Mr Darcy's dream is... it just wasnt what I had anticipated or hoped for when pre-ordering this book.)That said, Mr Darcy's nieces are enchanting and I easily liked them. The heart break that Georgianna's daughter, Phoebe, experiences and carries with her through out the book is intense and Aston inflicts just the right amount of angst on us to keep us reeling til the end. Which by the way, wraps up all too quickly for my liking (but then all her books do!)
I found the added Whig vs. Tory ingredient to be just the right balance. Aston gives enough of the politics to make it interesting and a believable situation -- but not so much to bore us to death.
Elizabeth Aston is a gifted writer and I enjoy all her books. This story, even though Mr Darcy doesnt actually show up until page 281, was a superb read that I heartily endorse!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not the Same as the Rest, Feb 22 2009
By Whoseblues - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mr. Darcy's Dream (Paperback)
***SPOILERS*** I agree with a previous reviewer. It's almost as if this book was not written by the same author as the other ones in this series, which I think have all been terrific.In this one, however, the main characters are insipid. The conversation is dull. And the most characteristic marker that's missing from this one is the clever plot twist all the others had that both generated the happy ending and caused the bad guy to get what was coming to him. That's probably because there isn't much of a plot in the first place, and while the bad guy does get found out, nothing is tied together very well, the story does not hang as whole cloth, and the ending is abrupt and utterly uncompelling. This one doesn't come off as worthy of the use of Jane Austen's premise, and it shows none of the social satire that the other books carry through from Austen -- it just comes off as a badly executed romance.
I hope it's just a bad outing as well. Otherwise, if the author is tired of the whole thing, she'd be better off publishing no more books in the series, rather than diluting the really good start she made with more like this one.
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