Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor: Being the First Jane Austen Mystery (Jane Austen Mysteries) by Stephanie Barron Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor: Being the First Jane Austen Mystery (Jane Austen Mysteries)
Book Review: Entertaining; exactly what you would expect
Summary: 4 Stars
This book delivers on its promise of an entertaining mystery. Its precisely what you expect a Jane Austen-style mystery to be: not great literature, but thoughtful and diverting. I could do without the footnotes.
Book Review: Captures the spirit of Jane Austen perfectly.
Summary: 4 Stars
Stephanie Barron has created a delightful mystery series that captures the essence of Austen for a modern-day audience. Readers who know Jane Austen through only her novels (and not her letters, for example) may not always recognize Barron's sophisticated integration of fact with fiction, but anyone familiar with Austen's biography will surely enjoy the imagination and cleverness of this series. Mystery lovers and all but the most curmudgeonly of Austen fans will enjoy this well-written tale as well.The first in the series, this book introduces Jane-as-sleuth along with the cast of supporting characters. Barron is true to Austen's character and life (as much as we know of it, anyway) and has written a solid mystery also. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Book Review: Give your video of Emma a rest--read this! It's enjoyable!
Summary: 4 Stars
Now that my videos of Emma, Pride and Prejudice, and Persuasion are beginning to show signs of wear, I was delighted to discover this series of Jane Austen mysteries by Stephanie Barron. I opened the first in the series, Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor, with curiousity and a bit of trepidation. Who, after all, can really recapture Austen's superb sense of character and language?Stephanie Barron comes pretty close! She has obviously steeped herself in the language of Austen, and in the history of that period. As a result, she is able to craft a completely plausible mystery for Jane to solve.
The only thing I didn't like was the author's decision to use footnotes to explain things in the text that we modern readers might miss. I found this VERY distracting, and finally learned to ignore them. I hope that in time Ms. Barron learns to explain the terms within the text and leaves off this practice.
Book Review: The first in a wonderful series
Summary: 5 Stars
Stephanie Barron is not Jane Austen. If you pick up this book thinking she is, you will be disappointed. If you pick up this book & want to be entertained, you will be pleasantly surprised. This book is great for those of us who can not seem to get enough Jane Austen. The only diappointment for me is the introduction about these being lost diaries, etc. I found the book to be a fast read & lots of fun. I was pleased by the accurate picture that Ms. Barron painted for the reader of England during this time period. She did her research.Book Review: Suprisingly Good
Summary: 4 Stars
I did not expect Stephanie Barron to be able to pull off Jane Austen so well. While it wasn't perfect, it was a very good effort, and the novel was a fun read.