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Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa
111 reviews
jayisreading's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Dysphoria, and Transphobia
Moderate: Outing, Classism, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Suicidal thoughts
evarinya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Misogyny, Dysphoria, and Sexism
Moderate: Outing, Transphobia, and Classism
Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts
eleos01's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Homophobia, Deadnaming, Sexism, Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny
Moderate: Incest, Classism, and Outing
bootrat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Did I read the entire book in 4 hours? Yes.
Did I nearly cry in the middle of a bookshop/cafe?
Yes.
Am I fundamentally changed forever by this adorable queer reimagining of my favourite book?
Yes.
There were a few changes from the source material in this book (aside from the obvious), some of which made sense to the story and some of which didn't.
- Longbourn is in London in this, with Netherfield just on the outskirts. This change made sense for Oliver to be able to visit places as himself, and to escape his life as Elizabeth easily. This change takes some getting used to, as the original Elizabeth Bennet is very much a country girl, but I'm not mad about it. (Conversely, the Gardiners live at "Gracechurch", which is a house/estate in the countryside, and near to Pemberley, rather than in London.)
- Oliver, and therefore all the other characters (except Georgina?), are younger than in the original novel. Oliver is only 17, where Elizabeth was 20, and other characters are varying numbers of years younger too. I don't know why this change was made, or why it was needed, so I wasn't a fan of it.
- Wickham's backstory, and the way in which he was a villain, and his history with Darcy, were all changed. Some of these changes made sense to the story that was being told, and were needed, but some didn't. I didn't like it.
- Collins isn't a parson, and isn't under the patronage of Lady Catherine, he's just ?? A Guy? Seems to be a gentleman, with his own house/estate, but there's no clear reason for this change. He's still known to Lady C, and is invited to Rosings occasionally, but the relationship is different. This is another change I didn't understand the need for, so I didn't like it. Also Anne DeBourgh just fully doesn't exist.
- Lastly there's one continuity error?? Wickham refers to a character (we never meet) as Genevieve, but she's later referred to Liliana?? It's not addressed at all, and we don't find out whether Wickham was just lying about her name or if this was just a case of the author fully forgetting what they'd already named the character and unintentionally renaming her.
Despite that (long 😅) list of changes, I absolutely adored this book. 100% recommend to anybody looking for a queer romance story with a happy ending, whether you're a fan of Pride and Prejudice or not.
Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Dysphoria
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
The suicidal thoughts aren't explicit, or particularly mentioned much in the story, Oliver just says at a couple of different points that he would rather die than live a certain way. While that is often hyperbole, or a throwaway comment, it's clear that this character means it literally.blue_birdy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Sexism, Homophobia, and Transphobia
spark_879's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
in a few places the story seemed a bit too good to be true but i think that was something i needed to read when i kept expecting bad reactions from everyone at all times when learning about the mc being trans.
Graphic: Deadnaming and Misogyny
Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia
Minor: Stalking
stalking:its_vendetta's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Deadnaming, Homophobia, Dysphoria, and Transphobia
Moderate: Outing
Minor: Stalking and Classism
james_orion's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This might have been more apparent with the audiobook but I felt like the word 'boy' was really overused, and while they were teenagers I think using the word 'man' would have been less jarring and weird for me On occasion it was very confusing why Oliver was acting a certain way with darcy. I think it was supposed to convey that he was conflicted about him but in reality it ended up being confusing why onw moment they were flirting and the next oliver was thinking about how much he didn't like Darcy. I think this is a fault of trying to stay too true to the original work, in P&P Elizabeth and Darcy misunderstand each other often but Oliver and Darcy here don't really do that? it feels like Oliver just wildly swings back and forth on Darcy at times. Also I wish this story had dived a bit more into class issues more along the lines of the original, there are hints of it (Bingley and Darcy being able to afford books that would be a huge luxury to Oliver, and Charlotte living in near poverty compared to the rest of our main characters) but I would have really loved to see these things explored more.
All in all I really enjoyed this story and I had such a fun time listening to it!
Graphic: Dysphoria and Outing
Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Homophobia
zydecovivo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Deadnaming
Moderate: Misogyny, Body shaming, Homophobia, Dysphoria, and Transphobia
im_basil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Graphic: Transphobia and Dysphoria
Moderate: Homophobia, Outing, and Stalking