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taylormadespines 's review for:
Pride
by Ibi Zoboi
3.5/5 Probably one of my favorite Pride and Prejudice adaptations ever--and I've read/watched A LOT. As someone who studied P&P and subsequent adaptations for an entire semester, I was looking for a very specific alignment with the original and this did not disappoint. Zoboi managed to get the class tension between Zuri and Darius in a way that few others have been able to do with their own Lizzie's and Darcy's. At times Zuri came off as emotionally scattered; I couldn't consistently get a handle on what she was feeling or if I could, why. However, I was very impressed with the Wickham/Warren modernization. I was wondering how Zoboi was going to make the contemporary stakes just as high and I really enjoyed what she did with that. Darius felt a little flat at times but that's consistent with Mr. Darcy. The culture-clash in this book is relevant and striking. I felt for Zuri in a way that a 21st-century woman can't quite relate to Elizabeth Bennett. Nicely done.