Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV series) and 17, so these romantic relationships are real rites of passage for them." Davies commented that he would have liked to have been in charge of the casting. He revealed that he had initially objected to Hattie Morahan being cast in the role of the eldest Dashwood sister, Elinor. However, he was glad that his objections were ignored, because he fell in love with her performance. Morahan told "The Daily Telegraph's" Jasper Rees that she deliberately chose not to watch the 1995 film adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility" or think about Emma Thompson's portrayal of the character. She explained that
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters transform it into the theme of the novel. However, with "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters", the image is created by the artist. "Entertainment Weekly" gave "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" a rating of B- (in contrast to a rating of A- for "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies"), wondering "(c)an it be that in the rush to turn a charming book novelty into a renewable resource, the whole Austen-and-monsters series has already jumped the shark?" "The A.V. Club" gave the novel a favorable review and a grade of A-, approving of Winters' "aggressive approach to transforming his assigned text