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Having enjoyed "Death Comes to Pemberly", I picked up "Murder at Mansfield Park" out of curiosity.
But after reading a couple of chapters plus the blurb I started to get a nasty aroma of Mary-Sue plus canon-character-bashing: it's well written, but what the author is doing here reminded me uncomfortably of fanfic tendencies. I haven't even read "Mansfield Park", but I do know that meek Fanny Price is said to be Jane Austen's least-liked heroine -- and hey presto, we have a new(?) spunky female character arriving at Mansfield Park, winning all hearts, and busily analysing how sly and conniving this supposedly sweet Miss Price really is...( Read more... )
But after reading a couple of chapters plus the blurb I started to get a nasty aroma of Mary-Sue plus canon-character-bashing: it's well written, but what the author is doing here reminded me uncomfortably of fanfic tendencies. I haven't even read "Mansfield Park", but I do know that meek Fanny Price is said to be Jane Austen's least-liked heroine -- and hey presto, we have a new(?) spunky female character arriving at Mansfield Park, winning all hearts, and busily analysing how sly and conniving this supposedly sweet Miss Price really is...( Read more... )
