Pride: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

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

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.

"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

Yes yes and yes! I couldn't finish the old classic without much effort but THIS was hard to put down. A must read for anyone, but especially my brown kids who want to enjoy a "relatable" remix of an old classic

Reimagined classic, set in modern day Brooklyn. In Pride, Zoboi tells a timely story of family and love for place that has a little side romance. The book was read by poet Elizabeth Acevedo and much of the poetry in the book rings through in her voice. I appreciated this glimpse into a neighborhood that i would never have experienced but demonstrated there universality of family ties.