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As a Jane Austen fan I just had to read this. Six people form a bookclub and all of the characters have a different point of view. What I really loved about this novel is that we got to know every single one of the book club members. Fowler discribed them very well and even used flashbacks. It gives you more inside info and that way you can understand the characters better. Why they are the way they are. My favorite character was Grigg, a guy I would definitely fall for if I met him in real life. And Jocelyn, because I recognized bits of myself in her and she had the most interesting backstory. There actually wasn't a character that I disliked although I think I would never be friends with Bernadette. A fun detail in the book is that in the end each character has questions you can discuss with your own book club. "The Jane Austen Book Club" is a light, quick and fun read. But unfortunately I think this book will only be truly adored by Jane Austen fans. If you have never read Austen or don't like her novels, you probably wouldn't like it as much as I did.
This book is really EXTRAORDINARY! The way the author wrote it, the ways that the Doctor tried and did everything, and of Sybil losing and having hope. It made me value what I have now--not only the material things but also, I became really really very thankful to have the parents that I have now. This book not only teaches us the analysis of a patient that has Multiple Personality Disorder, but also it makes us value friendship, our parents, and ourselves. It's really an AMAZING book! One part of this that I've almost lost the will to continue was the part of the torture. I didn't want to continue because I can't take what was being done to Sybil--the person who had multiple personalities. It was in the middle part of the book. The part when there is only narration. ALL the PHYSICAL tortures that was done by her mother was there and mind you, it made me LOVE my mother more than 3x that I do now. The part here that really stuck in my head is the part of the masturbation. I can't believe a mother, the own mother, can put her finger, the holder of the knife, a bottle, and some other tools, in (..okay. this took me long enough to find an appropriate or a scientific word for this but I can't so...) between the thighs...you know what I mean. Anyway, I just want to share this conversation I had with a friend of mine that's a guy and is my classmate. So, I told him about the part of the masturbation that the mother did, he said after I finished telling him, "That hurts." I told him, "At least now you know the feeling." Not that I know, I've just read. :') He then replied, "I won't do that." I won't tell you the whole story. It can be misunderstood here. So, anyway. We laughed after that. But my point is...See? Even a guy says it hurts! LOL. BACK TO THE BOOK! I actually read this because of my research in English. And because I am also interested about knowing all about this disorder. And let me tell you, I wrote a four-pages back to back facts on a yellow pad and I still haven't written some of the other facts that I have later read. SEE? It's really USEFUL IN A LOT OF, ALL SORTS OF, WAYS!!!! :) In the end, it's all a happy ending and it's remarkable how the doctor, after 11 years, finally made the 16 Sybils into a ONE WHOLE Sybil. REALLY FASCINATING! :D THIS IS TOTALLY A GOOD READ! :D P.S. You see why it took me this long to read it even if I enjoyed it? It's because of the yellow pads! :)