Edenbrooke book review6/19/2023 ![]() ![]() But I'd firmly stayed away from pastiches. I've read Austen retellings I've loved, and even a few that rather subtly nod their head in her direction that I have thoroughly enjoyed. The notion always seemed a bit laughable to me. And as readalikes go, the Austen ones seem to be the most prevalent. Readalikes (which I avoid like the plague), on the other hand or in my experience or what have you, tend toward the fawning, toward the somewhat less mature forms of imitation. As long as you understand and stay true in some sense to the spirit of the original tale, I am on board. ![]() And Captain Wentworth can pilot ships through the sky rather than the sea. Robin Hood can actually be a very reluctant, very bad archer indeed. Or Beauty becomes a drug dealer's neglected daughter. So there's a difference between retellings and readalikes, yes? Retellings (which I adore when done well) take the original story and carry it into hitherto unexplored places. ![]()
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