I guess the title should have given it away — a Diary? By a man? That being said, Mr. Knightly’s Diary is a SNOOZE. It’s like reading a condensed version of Emma, without all the interesting parts. And as much as it’s annoying to read Jane Austen knockoffs with all the fake Ye Olde English, it’s more annoying to read one without it. Like I really believe that Mr. Knightly used regular, modern, American English. [I need to figure out HTML for eye rolling smilies because that’s the one I would use most often.]
So I skipped to 1/2 way through the book and now there’s more action, but it’s not fleshed out at all. If you hadn’t read Emma, you wouldn’t understand the significance of Lady Jane Fairfax’s brooding self, or Miss Smith’s simple, but sweet nature.
After reading the books about Mr Darcy where his character was completely fleshed out, the reader was introduced to an entirely new circle of characters, this book is just lazy writing. Blah.