Austenphile

I just finished reading The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler. Engaging read, but best understood if you already have some familiarity with the novels of Jane Austen. I first read Austen in college, starting with Sense and Sensibility and loved her, but some people get extremely worked up about her writing. TJABC is about a book club of five women and one man who get together monthly to read all the novels of Jane Austen. In the process, we discover the remarkable similarities between Austen's novels and the book club members' lives. It was convincing in its portrayal of readers' love of Austen's works, but the ending fell flat and kind of slapped together; too contrived. Austen is so beloved, her fans will love this book, no matter the content...