Pride: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color.

Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable.

When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding.

But with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications hovering on the horizon, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwick’s changing landscape, or lose it all.

"Zoboi skillfully depicts the vicissitudes of teenage relationships, and Zuri’s outsize pride and poetic sensibility make her a sympathetic teenager in a contemporary story about race, gentrification, and young love." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")

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Published Dec 17, 2019

304 pages

Average rating: 7.56

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serpentskirtt

Jul 14, 2020

1/10 star

AWFUL HORRIBLE NO GOOD BOOK

Mrs. Awake Taco

Nov 13, 2024

8/10 stars

Delightful retelling of Pride and Prejudice. It hit all the right notes for me. It felt modern without being forced and cringey, and I loved how characters got a little more grace in this book. There was more reconciliation, more forgiveness, more good feeling in a lot of ways. I also love how the pride aspect was more about pride in one’s roots and culture than necessarily oneself, and how one’s pride in one’s own identity can cause some myopia, while at the same time I felt so deeply that love Zuri had for her home. 10/10 would recommend to all my friends.

Shahna

Jul 18, 2024

4/10 stars

I'm frustrated.
Zuri is so angry all the time.
And not in a fun way.
There's a lot going on.

teetalena

Jul 10, 2024

10/10 stars

I am speechless. I chose to read this book because I was unsure if I would fully be able to comprehend the original version. However, after reading this, I might just have to try. I found this book intriguing.

Jmaybay

Mar 08, 2024

4/10 stars

"𝑷𝒂𝒑𝒊 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆." ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕖: 𝔸 ℙ𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕖 & ℙ𝕣𝕖𝕛𝕦𝕕𝕚𝕔𝕖 ℝ𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕩 - Iᴮᴵ Zᴼᴮᴼᴵ ⭐ ( 6 / 10 ) I am Papi. I kinda want to know more about Papi honestly. Yes, I know who the story was about. No, I have never read Pride & Prejudice. I really have no interest in it. For me it's up there with Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Theyre classics, Im aware, but I also just don't like their tellings. I haven't figured out why, I just prefer their retellings. Same with Shakespeare stuff. Anyway, Pride. I really can't decipher how I felt about this book. I liked it, but I also didn't like it. It gave me that same borefest the classics give me but it also gave me a cardi b vibe. No I'm not saying I like Cardi, however. The narrator and her and the character all give me the same vibes. I don't know why this made me laugh. I have never been a fan of Darcy I dont care what medium you present him to me in. I don't. His arrogance is smothering and while in the end Zuri or Elizabeth end up digging each other. The arrogance would have put me off. Granted I understand why he came on so strong, especially after over hearing her siblings and their "get a man with money" attitudes. I can't blame him, but as Zuri didn't know any of that and just got the arrogance. No. I still don't really understand how they wound up together I didn't get any bonding moments othet than him whoopin her ex's butt for all his silliness. I just dont see how that negates all his rudeness prior to and boop she's in love. The rest of her family excluding Papi and her sistet irked me as well. They were all straight up Gold Diggers. Like just because your sister BRAND NEW dating a boy with rich parents why would you think they would allow you yo move into their home? What? This don't make no sense. This wasn't fleshed out to me. Can't do it. I was thinking 3 stars, but dropping that down to a star and a half to . ⭐ (4.5/5) 𝔸𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕘𝕒𝕟𝕥 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝘑𝘢𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘖𝘶𝘵