When Mrs. Green announced that the class would read Emma, many mixed emotions were felt by the class. Some felt eagerness, some felt dread, and some felt neutral. As for my feelings, I felt dread. Stories that were told to me in the past that caused this uninformed dread. One of my favorite quotes about Emma comes from my brother, David “Nothing ever happens in the book, it was one of the most boring books I have ever read.” Of course, this made me already hate the book, and I was not wrong. After spending many hours of reading this monotonous book, I have concluded that Emma is not worth any time or energy put into reading it.
When I first picked up the book, I looked to see how many pages were in the book. There were 422 pages to be exact. Of course, this caused concern, all the pages were filled with small words. As a busy high school student, it was already challenging enough to find time to read, not alone a boring book. It was challenging to force myself to read Emma when I would have gladly chosen to study for the SAT instead.
Partly why Emma was so tiresome to read was because nothing ever happened. In the words of Mrs. Green, “ Jean Austin was an excellent writer because she was able to wright a book off of everyday life.” My question is what happens in daily life that makes a book interesting? Nothing, absolutely nothing. Thus, nothing ever interesting happened in Emma. The most slightly intriguing event that happened was when we were informed that Frank and Jane were secretly engaged in the whole book. Although this was the climax of the book, Austin dropped hints of their engagement all throughout the book. Thus, causing it to not be a surprise.
Although Emma is the most boring book I have ever read, I did end up liking one of the characters. This character was Frank Churchill. Frank tricked his friends into believing that he liked Emma when he was really engaged to Jane. Not only did this finally break up the m...