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halynah's review against another edition
4.0
Great, interesting read!!! A little bit extended, but still I loved the characters, there dynamics of relationships and the ending! Nice book!!!
melly2966's review against another edition
5.0
SOOOOO GOOOOOODDDDD.
best pride and prejudice remake i've read.
best pride and prejudice remake i've read.
leigh_47's review against another edition
3.0
Hilarious. I'm a huge Austen fan, and reinterpretations amuse me. This was simply an exercise in fandom set in modern times, with lots of sex. I wish the rest of the Bennetts had gotten a bit more treatment.
This was an amusing diversion for a three day weekend.
This was an amusing diversion for a three day weekend.
lenastockton's review against another edition
4.0
Sexy. A delightfully light and modern version of Pride and Prejudice!
lifeand100books's review against another edition
3.0
When you think of Rock ’N’ Roll, two things besides music come to mind: sex and drugs. Now think of Rock ‘N’ Roll and throw in the characters of our beloved Pride and Prejudice. Yes, you read that right, Pride and Prejudice plus sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll. Such is the premise for Fitzwilliam Darcy: Rock Star, the innovative, contemporary retelling of P&P by author Heather Lynn Rigaud.
Fitzwilliam Darcy is the guitar god of Slurry, a rock band that also includes singer Charles Bingley and drummer Richard Fitzwilliam. The three have a reputation of being hard partiers that enjoy a steady rotation of women, as well as being extremely difficult to work with. A week before the next leg of their tour they are scrambling to find a new opening act when they come across Long Borne Suffering, a girl rock group consisting of sisters Elizabeth and Jane Bingley, as well as drummer Charlotte Lucas. The girls sign on to be the new opening act and begin touring with Slurry. Charlotte and Richard begin a very casual sexual relationship while Charles and Jane fall head over heels in love. Elizabeth and Darcy are on the outs, as they don’t get along due to Elizabeth overhearing some nasty remarks Darcy made about the three girls. Friendship happily ensues amongst both groups (with the exception of Darcy and Elizabeth), and creates an enjoyable touring experience for the groups. All is well until the girls find success and begin recording videos with director George Wickham. Wickham starts to show attention to Elizabeth, which makes Darcy realize that he has to tell her his true feelings, as well as the truth about what Wickham really is. He fears that the missteps from the beginning of their relationship are already strikes against him, and he’s nervous that Elizabeth won’t reciprocate how he feels. Will Elizabeth ever know Darcy’s true feelings? Will the relationship between the two destroy the camaraderie that has formed between the bands? Will there be any happy endings for Charles, Jane, Charlotte, and Richard?
Reader, take note: there is a LOT of sex in this book. If you’re able to go into reading the book knowing that it’s going to be a super steamy novel, then I’m sure you can find pleasure in the storyline. I think the plot of the novel was strong enough to have stood on its own, but I guess sex is part of rock ‘n’ roll, and was included accordingly. Sex aside, the plot of the book is actually quite enjoyable. It really did take the story Austen wrote and make it modern and contemporary. The idea of making both Elizabeth and Darcy guitar virtuosos, and having them connect on a musical level before they could connect on a personal level was very intriguing. It added a dimension to their characterizations that was really believable as many musicians find their passion for music to be a catalyst in their personal lives.
I have to be honest and say that I disliked some of the character changes that went on in the book. (spoilers ahead) Richard Fitzwilliam is a legitimate sex addict and Charlotte Lucas is an S&M freakazoid. Those two things were a little bit hard to swallow, and skewed the previous views I had of both these characters in my mind. The decision to make George Wickham a pedophile really creeped me out. All of the changes that Rigaud made were made on such an extreme level that the storyline became way too over the top for me.
While the concept and plot behind Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star was incredibly innovative, as a veteran Austenesque reader I found the changes were too drastic and unbelievable from the original and took away from the pleasure I expected in reading this novel.
Kimberly (Reflections of a Book Addict)
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Fitzwilliam Darcy is the guitar god of Slurry, a rock band that also includes singer Charles Bingley and drummer Richard Fitzwilliam. The three have a reputation of being hard partiers that enjoy a steady rotation of women, as well as being extremely difficult to work with. A week before the next leg of their tour they are scrambling to find a new opening act when they come across Long Borne Suffering, a girl rock group consisting of sisters Elizabeth and Jane Bingley, as well as drummer Charlotte Lucas. The girls sign on to be the new opening act and begin touring with Slurry. Charlotte and Richard begin a very casual sexual relationship while Charles and Jane fall head over heels in love. Elizabeth and Darcy are on the outs, as they don’t get along due to Elizabeth overhearing some nasty remarks Darcy made about the three girls. Friendship happily ensues amongst both groups (with the exception of Darcy and Elizabeth), and creates an enjoyable touring experience for the groups. All is well until the girls find success and begin recording videos with director George Wickham. Wickham starts to show attention to Elizabeth, which makes Darcy realize that he has to tell her his true feelings, as well as the truth about what Wickham really is. He fears that the missteps from the beginning of their relationship are already strikes against him, and he’s nervous that Elizabeth won’t reciprocate how he feels. Will Elizabeth ever know Darcy’s true feelings? Will the relationship between the two destroy the camaraderie that has formed between the bands? Will there be any happy endings for Charles, Jane, Charlotte, and Richard?
Reader, take note: there is a LOT of sex in this book. If you’re able to go into reading the book knowing that it’s going to be a super steamy novel, then I’m sure you can find pleasure in the storyline. I think the plot of the novel was strong enough to have stood on its own, but I guess sex is part of rock ‘n’ roll, and was included accordingly. Sex aside, the plot of the book is actually quite enjoyable. It really did take the story Austen wrote and make it modern and contemporary. The idea of making both Elizabeth and Darcy guitar virtuosos, and having them connect on a musical level before they could connect on a personal level was very intriguing. It added a dimension to their characterizations that was really believable as many musicians find their passion for music to be a catalyst in their personal lives.
I have to be honest and say that I disliked some of the character changes that went on in the book. (spoilers ahead) Richard Fitzwilliam is a legitimate sex addict and Charlotte Lucas is an S&M freakazoid. Those two things were a little bit hard to swallow, and skewed the previous views I had of both these characters in my mind. The decision to make George Wickham a pedophile really creeped me out. All of the changes that Rigaud made were made on such an extreme level that the storyline became way too over the top for me.
While the concept and plot behind Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star was incredibly innovative, as a veteran Austenesque reader I found the changes were too drastic and unbelievable from the original and took away from the pleasure I expected in reading this novel.
Kimberly (Reflections of a Book Addict)
http://wp.me/p18lIL-uE
blodeuedd's review against another edition
3.0
Now this one was certainly different from the other variations I have read. But the story is still there, just further back and with modern aspects to it. Darcy is still Darcy and Lizzy is still Lizzy.
But yes still very different. Darcy is a rockstar with his own band Slurry. Wickham used to play there too but was thrown out, later we learn why. But now there is Bingley who is as sweet as ever, and Richard who is the person that has changed the most. Poor Richard has a few addictions. Lady Catherine owns the record company and is no relation at all, Mr Collins works for her (and is an ass as always).
Lizzy is as clever as always (and blind), Jane is sweet and Charlotte, well like Richard she has changed a bit too. Old Charlotte is still there but she has a modern twist to her, she more fun. They form the band Long Borne Suffering and are now on tour with our Rock Gods.
The twists are there. Darcy still says something stupid and Lizzy resents him. Bingley and Jane fall madly in love. There still has been something between Wickham and Georgiana. Pemberley is still around (but very different) and everyone still lives happily ever after. Well sort of. This is a new version of course and the thing that I enjoyed was when Richard and Charlotte started flirting. Because we all know she should not have to be stuck with that idiot Mr, Collins.
Rock and roll and sex. Yes this book sure took the old classic story and put a whole new spin on it and I enjoyed it a lot. It sure is a very different variation but it works so well. I do think Darcy was born to be a rock god ;)
I enjoyed it and I recommend it to my fellow JA lovers. But since this story is so modern and the story is more hidden in a way, I also think that those who has not tried a variation yet (because you feel it so be wrong), that you would enjoy this one too. It’s a new story after all.
But yes still very different. Darcy is a rockstar with his own band Slurry. Wickham used to play there too but was thrown out, later we learn why. But now there is Bingley who is as sweet as ever, and Richard who is the person that has changed the most. Poor Richard has a few addictions. Lady Catherine owns the record company and is no relation at all, Mr Collins works for her (and is an ass as always).
Lizzy is as clever as always (and blind), Jane is sweet and Charlotte, well like Richard she has changed a bit too. Old Charlotte is still there but she has a modern twist to her, she more fun. They form the band Long Borne Suffering and are now on tour with our Rock Gods.
The twists are there. Darcy still says something stupid and Lizzy resents him. Bingley and Jane fall madly in love. There still has been something between Wickham and Georgiana. Pemberley is still around (but very different) and everyone still lives happily ever after. Well sort of. This is a new version of course and the thing that I enjoyed was when Richard and Charlotte started flirting. Because we all know she should not have to be stuck with that idiot Mr, Collins.
Rock and roll and sex. Yes this book sure took the old classic story and put a whole new spin on it and I enjoyed it a lot. It sure is a very different variation but it works so well. I do think Darcy was born to be a rock god ;)
I enjoyed it and I recommend it to my fellow JA lovers. But since this story is so modern and the story is more hidden in a way, I also think that those who has not tried a variation yet (because you feel it so be wrong), that you would enjoy this one too. It’s a new story after all.
balletbookworm's review
2.0
Well...this reads very quickly. I like the updating of the story from landed gentry to rock royalty. There are some good plot changes/adds [spoiler] Charlotte does not marry Mr. Collins, Lydia's subplot is totally downgraded, Darcy's cousin gets a major part of the story, Caroline Bingley is a much nicer person [/spoiler] and some that make no sense [spoiler] Wickham's prediliction for ladies with learner's permits turns into a drug problem out of nowhere, the Bennets' marriage issues are only alluded to (the Bennet parents and younger siblings hardly figure in the story), and Lady Catherine is still, inexplicably, referred to as Lady Catherine [/spoiler].
What actually pulls this book to "meh" from "fun" was the inclusion of many, MANY sex scenes. Enough to make me wonder why this book is merchandized in Fiction as opposed to Romance. Because I really wasn't expecting that level of boots-knocking. The language of the scenes changed, too, to a style more generic to the bodice-ripper genre. (We also won't go there with the whole man-will-teach-woman-how-sexytimes-are-properly-done schtick that kept cropping up...totally out of place in a contemporary novel).
What actually pulls this book to "meh" from "fun" was the inclusion of many, MANY sex scenes. Enough to make me wonder why this book is merchandized in Fiction as opposed to Romance. Because I really wasn't expecting that level of boots-knocking. The language of the scenes changed, too, to a style more generic to the bodice-ripper genre. (We also won't go there with the whole man-will-teach-woman-how-sexytimes-are-properly-done schtick that kept cropping up...totally out of place in a contemporary novel).
_camk_'s review against another edition
1.0
I felt like I have just read a 450 page piece of bad AU fan fiction. Did anyone else feel that way? It had so many repetitive scenes of people confessing their love to each other, that and a lot of repetitive sex scenes. I swear all the lovey dovey Jane and Charles scenes had me wanting to bang my head off a wall. That and do not talk to me about that epilogue.
Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star, truly is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, the only thing Rigaud did was steal the characters names and a quote or two here and there.
Anyway, a terrible book that I lost about four to five hours of my life on. Seriously, just read Austen's actual Pride and Prejudice.
Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star, truly is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, the only thing Rigaud did was steal the characters names and a quote or two here and there.
Anyway, a terrible book that I lost about four to five hours of my life on. Seriously, just read Austen's actual Pride and Prejudice.
stumpfed's review against another edition
5.0
So, I was engrossed in this book one minute and then found myself doing the eye rol because it was a bit too "neat and tidy" at the end...but then I get to this quote on the second to the last page of the book:
"It IS like a fairy tale. I read the news reports and even I can't believe it. ...(removed for spoiler reasons)... That just sounds so hokey. If you tried to sell our story to a movie studio, they would just laugh."
Yes. That's right. But, you don't really feel much of the hokey because of the rest of the flurry of activity, so it's all good if you just know going in that it's FICTION! ha ha! Seriously, just roll with it because you will meet a whole group of people struggling with their issues (one of my fave quotes from the book..."Issues?" Richard said sarcastically. "Liz, he's got a whole subscription"!!) and it all just works.
I loved the writing and didn't really draw parallels between Pride and Prejudice, I just enjoy a hot sexy rock god book and a big love fest, so I loved this book!
"It IS like a fairy tale. I read the news reports and even I can't believe it. ...(removed for spoiler reasons)... That just sounds so hokey. If you tried to sell our story to a movie studio, they would just laugh."
Yes. That's right. But, you don't really feel much of the hokey because of the rest of the flurry of activity, so it's all good if you just know going in that it's FICTION! ha ha! Seriously, just roll with it because you will meet a whole group of people struggling with their issues (one of my fave quotes from the book..."Issues?" Richard said sarcastically. "Liz, he's got a whole subscription"!!) and it all just works.
I loved the writing and didn't really draw parallels between Pride and Prejudice, I just enjoy a hot sexy rock god book and a big love fest, so I loved this book!
joyousreads132's review against another edition
1.0
If you're expecting a re-telling of Pride and Prejudice, you'll be sorely disappointed. This is fan fiction; I can't even say it's a retelling because it's not. It's set in an alternate universe where Will Darcy is a rock god. I must admit, I was sold on this book right off the bat because of this premise. After all, the Darcy I know fits the perfect rock star: surly, snobby, and yeah sexy. Hundred pages into the book, I was laughing rather, sarcastically at the mostly cheesy dialogues, the characters' lack of personalities and the awful realization that the author took a couple of the most revered characters in the literary world and basically trashed them. Rigaud was better off naming her characters with something she came up with on her own (a novel idea!) because as a fan of Jane Austen, I kid you not, I feel disprespected. And in any case, the plot had nothing at all to do with Pride and Prejudice; she just used everyone's names.
I was teeming with excitement when I first heard of this book last year; so much so that I bought a copy right away. For whatever reason, I've put off reading it for as long as I can. And as fate would have it, there was a reason why. It turns out, this book was a complete waste of my time. This plot was nonexistent as it is over-drawn. If that doesn't make a lick of sense then let me explain further. Four hundred and twenty four pages of a whole lot of nothing. It's a story about two bands, touring and consequently, developing feelings for each other. Seriously? Couldn't the author pick a better plot? Something...less juvenile, more original and creative? Long story short: The three members of the boy band got together with the three members of the girl band. And they lived happily ever after. The End.
I've read (free) better fan fictions than this book. The characters are loathsome and one-dimensional. She took Darcy's snotty attitude and amped it to new heights; so much so that I severely detested this guy. Elizabeth Bennett is a package of misplaced, and more often, irrational anger. She was angry for the sake of being angry. You will not read about a well-read Lizzie here. She's more like the over-sexed, potty-mouthed version of Ms. Bennett. Charles Bingley fell in love with Jane so freaking fast, I needed chiropractic help to set my neck in place again. The man also could've used a bit of toning down in the cheesy dialogues department because damn, he was dripping in Cheez Whiz. And oh-em-gee. Jane readily admitted that all she could offer the world was her beauty. Are you for real? PLEASE. The highlight of this book was Caroline Bingley. She wasn't the *itch that she was in P & P.
This was so out of the ball park and completely out of character. I give the author props for trying but unfortunately, it just didn't work. Why bother using Pride and Prejudice when you're not even going to parallel with the original? The only thing that made sense to me was that the author wanted to incite interests from Jane Austen fans.
VERDICT: Elizabeth and Darcy having sex was not as hot as I'd imagined. Elizabeth giving Darcy a bl** job? That's just...wrong and traumatizing. I need a gallon of hydrochloric acid to erase that scene from my memory. I originally gave this book a two but the more I sit here and fume about it, the less I'm feeling the love. Sorry.
I was teeming with excitement when I first heard of this book last year; so much so that I bought a copy right away. For whatever reason, I've put off reading it for as long as I can. And as fate would have it, there was a reason why. It turns out, this book was a complete waste of my time. This plot was nonexistent as it is over-drawn. If that doesn't make a lick of sense then let me explain further. Four hundred and twenty four pages of a whole lot of nothing. It's a story about two bands, touring and consequently, developing feelings for each other. Seriously? Couldn't the author pick a better plot? Something...less juvenile, more original and creative? Long story short: The three members of the boy band got together with the three members of the girl band. And they lived happily ever after. The End.
I've read (free) better fan fictions than this book. The characters are loathsome and one-dimensional. She took Darcy's snotty attitude and amped it to new heights; so much so that I severely detested this guy. Elizabeth Bennett is a package of misplaced, and more often, irrational anger. She was angry for the sake of being angry. You will not read about a well-read Lizzie here. She's more like the over-sexed, potty-mouthed version of Ms. Bennett. Charles Bingley fell in love with Jane so freaking fast, I needed chiropractic help to set my neck in place again. The man also could've used a bit of toning down in the cheesy dialogues department because damn, he was dripping in Cheez Whiz. And oh-em-gee. Jane readily admitted that all she could offer the world was her beauty. Are you for real? PLEASE. The highlight of this book was Caroline Bingley. She wasn't the *itch that she was in P & P.
This was so out of the ball park and completely out of character. I give the author props for trying but unfortunately, it just didn't work. Why bother using Pride and Prejudice when you're not even going to parallel with the original? The only thing that made sense to me was that the author wanted to incite interests from Jane Austen fans.
VERDICT: Elizabeth and Darcy having sex was not as hot as I'd imagined. Elizabeth giving Darcy a bl** job? That's just...wrong and traumatizing. I need a gallon of hydrochloric acid to erase that scene from my memory. I originally gave this book a two but the more I sit here and fume about it, the less I'm feeling the love. Sorry.