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Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
3.0

I do love a good P&P retelling, and I neither loved nor truly loathed this latest attempt. I found various parts of the story refreshing
Spoilerhello hate sex
and enjoyed the moments when Liz and Darcy were on page together, but other parts I found myself skimming or skipping entirely. More Liz and Darcy PLEASE. Most of the characters are portrayed as fairly awful people with not much to redeem them (see Mrs. Bennett), which I found to not be in the true spirit of P&P, and the last chapter in Mary's voice was wholly out of place.

I listened to this as part of my work's 2016 Staff Book Bingo contest for "book with a red cover!"