Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters

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) ;)