First Impressions by Sarah Price is an Amish
retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. We follow Elizabeth and her
family as a young man, his sister, his cousin and a friend move into the farm
next door.
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars. Just like the other books
in this series the Amish setting works so well for telling Austen’s story. It
did require a few changes, but they were handled very smoothly and I
appreciated them more for that. Furthermore, I liked how she developed the
characters: that they still rang true from the original work, but were uniquely
built to fit into their own setting.
I also really liked how much faith content was present. I
don’t necessarily agree with what she was saying about everything being God’s
will, but I do recognize that is something that the Amish do believe.
My only real complaint is that it is very rushed (timeline
wise). Everything takes place in less than 6 months, which means all the major
character development takes place in a matter of days sometimes. Other than
that, it was such a joy to read and I know I will continue to read the rest of
the books in this Amish Classics series.
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