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Very slow book and way too long for what it is. Quite difficult to read as the characters aren't very likable. However, towards the end of the book you do feel rather more fufilled - whether that be from the realisation you have finished the book or some sort of gratification at the developement of the title character, Emma. Overall I would probably not recommend this book but I can see how one could enjoy it if you like more character driven, read-by-the-pool type books.

Urg one of my favourite non-fiction books that it purely information based (basically completely “plot based” as opposed to something like Henrietta Lacks that followed one person and explained how that related to the history of ethics and use of HeLa)
Split into lots of seemingly unrelated chapters which makes it really easy to read for me (with a short attention span) as it changes between multiple different topics.
Gawande is also a very skilled writer and the book was one of the first which truly inspired me to be a doctor.

One of the things most characteristic of Ishiguro's writing style is its simple elegance. Quickly establishing a firm sense of place, every character in the novel forms a deep attachment with the reader. In the novel you discover that each of the children, who are introduced as “orphans” living together in a boarding house, are actually clones of real humans, created as a way to harvest organs. Though Ishiguro's careful craftsmanship shines through, as by withholding knowledge from us until the very end and creating a light blanket covering its darkest themes, the novel can be read in two very different ways. It begins light and innocent and before you realise it yourself, you are suddenly in a science fiction, dystopian world which deserves a genre of its own for being so incredibly unique in its ability to turn the complete ordinary into unusual and aberrant. To date, it is probably the most imaginative and exciting novel which I have read and I wouldn't hesitate in being sucked into its pages sometime very soon. The only reason I leave half a star off the grand total is so a comparison can be allowed between his other, perhaps more celebrated, novels such as Remains of the Day.

One of the only crime thrillers / murder mysterys that I have enjoyed. The ending was such a twist ( and even though tons of people have told me it was obvious, I thought it was super exciting ).
Also really invested in the idea that one day I'll be on the bus, see a couple and then make a story for them then watch as they have an affair, solve their murders and avenge their deaths but regardless it was  a simple read and I had fun.

Granted, there is not as much depth of character and perhaps the story did seem to lack originality especially in the shadow of Pride and Prejudice (from which the characters and plot seemed suspiciously similar to). 
However what shined through was Austen's wit and incredible style of writing. Despite being slow and the difficulty that I formed any attachment to the characters, the plot twists were still enjoyable and I was still hoping for a happy ending.
What Sense and Sensibility lacks is one main couple which assures the reader that they would be truly happy together (basically any sort of compatibility in their personalities) and Marianne in particular was very hard to like because her character was not explored in much depth and seemed to rely on her beauty or of others opinions of her.
Basically the book was slow but if you managed to keep reading it, you were rewarded slightly. Not one to reread and definitely pales in comparison to P&P but not Austen's worst.
Can't wait to watch the film (even though it is Hugh Grant and not Colin Firth) ;)