Sense and Sensibility

I read this entire book within a day without at all intending to do so initially. That is the power of Jane Austen's writing - she manages to make unputdownable page turners from the most (seemingly) flat stories about mundane and dull human interactions.
I just needed to know what happens next and was immensely satisfied with each scene of a conversation in a sitting room or a slow walk in a garden.
As always with this author, each character was vivid and distinct. Always on the edge of being a caricature but never crossing the line.
The writing style of Jane Austen is superb to anything anyone will ever be able to achieve and I will die on this hill.
The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is because I didn't like the ending. As with every romance, you build an expectation who the main protagonist will end up with, and I had build a thoroughly different expectation of who would be Elinor's match. This was dictated by their continuous partnership throughout the narrative, along with their conversations and compatibility.
And instead of him, she ended up with a man whom we barely saw at all (much less saw any sort of connection between the two of them), and who has proven to be more than a little senseless.

Regardless, I still leave this book with fond feelings and an even more solidified love for the author.