I'm not sure what to say about Persuasion... I enjoyed Austen's style and the insight into the thoughts of the main character was interesting but I found that her passivity made the story a bit uninteresting. Really the "protagonist" does nothing proactive the entire novel - just luckily everything works out for her in the end without her really doing anything. B+
You know I read The Sun Also Rises back in my twenties. I didn't really care for it back then. Reading it now in my forties "maybe" I understand the characters a bit better but still.... I don't care for it. At least it is an easy read. It has that going for it. B-