Reviews with content warning for Toxic relationship - Pride and Prejudice

This is a book I've read many times, and with each reread I have a different experience.

This time I read along with Jennifer Ehle's reading on youtube and what an absolute delight. I adore her as Elizabeth, so it was just perfect. That aside though, I found that this may have been my favorite read of the book. I've always enjoyed it, but I really took my time with it this time and had a more immersive experience with the audio.

For those of you who don't know what this book is about, it takes place in 1800 England and follows the Bennet family - a family of 7 (Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their 5 girls - Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia) - and particularly the story of Elizabeth and Jane and their journeys in finding love. There's so much more to it than that, but that's the smallest nutshell version.

It's got tons of brilliant banter and wit, feminism (for the time period) and chemistry. It really is a phenomenal book (though not my absolute favorite of Austen's, though Darcy is probably my favorite hero from the lot...).

I had a fantastic time rereading this and definitely plan on doing so again in the future.

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emotional funny lighthearted 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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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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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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lighthearted medium-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

3.25

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