Interessant, maar ik had er meer van verwacht

Well, read it to try P.D. James, and because I saw it recommended. I guess it probably influenced me into a lower opinion of P.D. James than I might have had, had I started with another of her books. I certainly did not expect a reproduction of Jane Austen - although P.D. James has a nearly successful go at it when she describes the church attendance after the crime. For the rest, the book reads as a review of Pride and Prejudice. I would have appreciated a little less flash-backs, a little more growth in the characters. Darcy is stuck in his shame for having taken some "wrong" decisions and held "wrong" opinions - and not shown to have evolved in his opinions. He might have learned (from Elizabeth) to see the value of independent thought and judging for oneself by the inner character of people in stead of keeping up appearances and sticking to formalities for the sake of the formalities.
I also found any questioning of Lydia lacking - someone might have asked her what happened in the chaise and how Denny came to leave it. What did she make of that conversation? But then those are the choices and liberties of the author, of course.

The book reads easily though and flows well and I suppose the author enjoyed weaving the other novels by Jane Austen into the story.

Yet I think that those people who enjoyed Jane Austens novels will be disappointed in this sequel (and would not need all those flash-backs unless they might add something to the story), and those who never read Jane Austen will not meet with any feeling of recognition.