Pride - Ibi Zoboi
Book Synopsis: Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street.
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.
In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, critically acclaimed author Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic.
"It is a truth, universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
You may already know that famous opening sentence from the classic book, Pride & Prejudice. Of course, I've already read that book and loved it.
Maybe it was just my luck, but I happened to stumble upon this new edition of Pride without the sprayed blue edged pages, cue sad violin music here. Even though I knew I wouldn't find a copy of Pride with those pages, I still enjoyed the book and had a fun time reading it.
I've read many editions of various modern retellings of Pride & Prejudice, but none like this. Pride is a book that I think a lot of people should read, especially if they've read the original classic that spurred a revolution of books that are based upon that idea.
You've probably noticed that I like to match the colors of the book or the color I like to the actual book for the divider that I use.
(Completely original I know) Anyway. I just wanted to get back into the review and here we go...
Zuri is fierce, she may be shy, but she has a lot of pride and I think pride is a bad thing, but in her case, it worked. After all, she is a fictional character, what's a good main character without a fatal flaw? Also she seems to hate people that are caucasian and that is super wrong of her.
I found her siblings to be funny and quirky and just lovable. However, I can't say the same for Darius, I didn't find him great or even okay. Sadly, he is a major fixture in the story and although I didn't like him, the artwork for this book is gorgeous.
Funnily enough, if you happen to just have watched the movie version with Matthew McFayden then maybe you'll want to read this book, or if not maybe you can read it anyway. 100% think you'll enjoy it.
Rating: ★★★★★ 5/5 Stars!