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 My initial reaction the novel was that it's a pretty well written story but that the story was not very unique. I just felt like it was similar to other fictional novels. I reacted to Una as a character much better than the book as a whole. I think that her character is very unique in that she is so misplaced in the time period of the book. She's in the 19th century with modern ideas and thoughts. It's as if one of our classmates was put in her place. In that respect, the book was very original. Una is like a modern woman so I guess in some ways I am similar to her but I don't feel any special attachment to her story. I think that the book choice for the end of the course could have been different but I couldn't suggest anything that I think would work better.