Reviews with content warning for Classism - Pride and Prejudice

I was looking through the comments on this book, and lots of people were saying that the Old English was hard for them.

A main reason I understood this book was because I watched the movie first. (The best version to watch to understand is the 1995 version with Colin Firth as Darcy)

I know it’s unliked to watch the movie first, this movie follows so closely to the plot and actually uses lots of the lines from the book. I understood the book a lot more and was more able to appreciate its level of literary.

Always love a Jane Austen novel, and this is no different.

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yorgosson's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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nekoshka's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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kccool12255's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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babudarabu's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I decided to read this book because I brought a poster with 100 books to read in your lifetime. This was the ninth book on the list. I also struggle with the classics, but I managed to like this one enough to not struggle. I did lose interest throughout with it, but I think that was just how it was written.

This book is based on Elizabeth Bennet. This is her journey about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the different between superficial goodness and actual goodness. Her father, Mr Bennet is the owner of the Longbourn estate in Hertfordshire and he has five daughters, but his property can only be passed to a male heir. His wife also lacks an inheritance, with his family faces becoming poor when he dies, he must marry off one of his daughters to a rich man who will get the estate and become man of the house. When Elizabeth meets Mr Darcy, she is repelled by his overbearing pride and prejudice towards her family, but Elizabeth needs a husband. So when Darcy’s friend, Mr Bingley forms an attachment to Jane, Elizabeth’s sister, Darcy becomes increasingly hard to avoid. Polite society will be turned upside down.

For a book set in 1813, I love the Bennet daughters, they are all badass and I love the fact that they do not give a flying crap what anyone think. I love that they protect each other, and they bicker like crazy. I love the dry humour and the British humour in this book – it did sort of make me chuckle. I really appreciated Lizzy’s journey of learning to look at someone passed the first meeting and appearances. For an old book, I didn’t find it difficult to get into, as I know what it can be like to read old classic books and not have a scooby do with what’s going on.

The only weakness I would say is that there were a few dry spells where I was skimming through to get to the next bit of Lizzy and Darcy together or just Darcy in general. I feel like I will appreciate this book more when I'm older and maybe on a re-read. But it was cute, and I love a good enemies to lovers.

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lavenderdolmeh's review against another edition

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2.0

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cyanr's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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