Sin and Sensibility The Griffin Family Suzanne Enoch 9780060543259 Books
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It is a rare book that can somehow pull off making me hate the characters and still enjoy the story. Sin and Sensibility is one such rare book. Valentine is an enormous playboy with low morals and little care for others. Eleanor is a stupid, entitled brat willing to take risks that could harm her family simply out of spite. Despite these character traits that I abhor, I still enjoyed reading the story. While I would not want to be friends with either Eleanor or Valentine, they were truly perfect for each other and since I do not usually associate with people that behave in the manner of Eleanor and Valentine, I was always surprised at what they said and did. I kept turning pages even though I was convinced after the sleazy opening scene that it would be a DNF.In this story, Eleanor is the privileged younger sister of the famous and well-respected Griffin brothers. She tires of their protectiveness and overbearing attitudes and strikes an ultimatum with her eldest brother that she will make her own choices and if scandal erupts, she will immediately marry a man of his choice. Now, I am all for women that want to find themselves and be independent, especially during a time period where women had little breathing room, but Eleanor proved that she couldn't handle the freedom. She behaved with unbelievable stupidity at every turn. Enter Valentine Corbett. Eleanor's older brother essentially forces Valentine to watch over Eleanor to fulfill a past debt. At first, Valentine is resistant to this, but as Eleanor and Valentine spend more time together, sparks fly. While I really didn't like either of these characters due to their selfish self absorption, it was apparent that they were good together. I enjoyed their dialogue and how they discovered that despite their narcissism, they did somehow have enough space left in their hearts to care for each other. While their devotion to each other was touching, that's where the caring ends. They screw over numerous other people, including family members with their antics, which is why this book will never be a favorite for me.
In a nutshell, this was a surprisingly enjoyable read despite my distaste for the characters. If you like bad boy heroes, you will probably really enjoy this story. Valentine's redeeming quality is that beneath his rakish exterior lies a very sharp mind. Some of his lines were great. Eleanor was not a character I think most women like, but she does grow up a little...but only a little. 3.5 stars
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Sin and Sensibility The Griffin Family Suzanne Enoch 9780060543259 Books Reviews
4.5 Stars - A favorite of mine that I've re-read many times. I love how strong Eleanor is and I love that Valentine comes off as self assured but not in an alpha way and how he struggles with his actions that he doesn't want to put a name to. A classic story of the consummate rake that suddenly finds his friend's sister all grown up and he can't stop thinking of her.
I read this a few weeks ago, and was reminded of that fact after I reviewed another of this author's work (The Rake) which I started reading last week (not that I could bring myself to read that one in one sitting).
I have to confess that I am now beginning to wonder whether this author's stories are becoming more of a production line activity than a truly creative process. Sin and Sensibility (is she trying for resonance here?) was another let down. I did not like Nell at all. And she just got increasingly stupid as the story went on. Valentine, okay, I guess. But the heroine's brother asking Valentine to watch over her? Come on. Those guys knew Valentine through and through, and using the brother's excuse to explain the need for Valentine to watch over Nell was just too flimsy, and far too transparent. I believe I actually yawned when I got to that point, because right there and then, I was racing through the rest of the story in my head!
But when I got to the end of the story, I could honestly say that it did not go as I had predicted - sadly, however, that was only because the heroine was such a tiresome little girl - one who I finally decided had been a complete waste of time on my part.
Truly - if authors expect us to fork out good money, then invest the time to read their offerings, the very least the author can do is make sure we are served up a darn good story, with wonderful/ worthy/ deserving characters, and a Goal-Motivation-Conflict framework that is not only credible, but hole-proof.
If you are bored to tears and laying in traction in a hospital in some remote corner of the world where there is no TV and no-one around you speaks your language, meh.... maybe you can kill a couple of hours reading this.
It is a rare book that can somehow pull off making me hate the characters and still enjoy the story. Sin and Sensibility is one such rare book. Valentine is an enormous playboy with low morals and little care for others. Eleanor is a stupid, entitled brat willing to take risks that could harm her family simply out of spite. Despite these character traits that I abhor, I still enjoyed reading the story. While I would not want to be friends with either Eleanor or Valentine, they were truly perfect for each other and since I do not usually associate with people that behave in the manner of Eleanor and Valentine, I was always surprised at what they said and did. I kept turning pages even though I was convinced after the sleazy opening scene that it would be a DNF.
In this story, Eleanor is the privileged younger sister of the famous and well-respected Griffin brothers. She tires of their protectiveness and overbearing attitudes and strikes an ultimatum with her eldest brother that she will make her own choices and if scandal erupts, she will immediately marry a man of his choice. Now, I am all for women that want to find themselves and be independent, especially during a time period where women had little breathing room, but Eleanor proved that she couldn't handle the freedom. She behaved with unbelievable stupidity at every turn. Enter Valentine Corbett. Eleanor's older brother essentially forces Valentine to watch over Eleanor to fulfill a past debt. At first, Valentine is resistant to this, but as Eleanor and Valentine spend more time together, sparks fly. While I really didn't like either of these characters due to their selfish self absorption, it was apparent that they were good together. I enjoyed their dialogue and how they discovered that despite their narcissism, they did somehow have enough space left in their hearts to care for each other. While their devotion to each other was touching, that's where the caring ends. They screw over numerous other people, including family members with their antics, which is why this book will never be a favorite for me.
In a nutshell, this was a surprisingly enjoyable read despite my distaste for the characters. If you like bad boy heroes, you will probably really enjoy this story. Valentine's redeeming quality is that beneath his rakish exterior lies a very sharp mind. Some of his lines were great. Eleanor was not a character I think most women like, but she does grow up a little...but only a little. 3.5 stars
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