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charm0nix's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, and Transphobia
Moderate: Eating disorder
diana_barv's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I can’t decide whether I liked this or not. It was fun I think, mostly the first half. But Mrs. Bennet was WAY too much and the way the book treated some issues... yikes.
The Chip and Jane romance was... okay. And Liz and Darcy had their moments but the part where “Darcy saves Lydia” just didn’t accomplished it like the original or other retellings.
Overall, I read it way faster that I thought I would and it was enjoyable most of the time
The Chip and Jane romance was... okay. And Liz and Darcy had their moments but the part where “Darcy saves Lydia” just didn’t accomplished it like the original or other retellings.
Overall, I read it way faster that I thought I would and it was enjoyable most of the time
Content Warnings
Minor: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racism, and Transphobia
chalkletters's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
As an adaptation of Pride & Prejudice, I knew going in that I was going to enjoy the story of Eligible. All the traditional elements are there: overbearing and hysterical Mrs Bennet, dry Mr Bennet, obliging Jane and giggling Lydia. So the real question for this review, then, is whether or not I liked the modernisation. And, actually, I'm not entirely sure that I did.
Some bits were clever! Instead of walking to Netherfield when Jane is ill, Liz has no car and so runs to the nearest hospital when Jane is taken in — which, of course, still has the same result of Caroline and Darcy looking at her as if she has two heads and a muddy petticoat. But other elements were modernised in ways I didn't really understand. I won't spoil it, but the conclusion to Mary Bennet's plot line was particularly head-scratching.
I can't honestly say I liked the characters, either. Liz is a journalist, rather than a lover of literature, and I'm not sure she picks up a book from one end of Eligible to the next. Instead, she is noted as a gossip who asks people startling questions about themselves. It's more modern, but it also makes me like her less. Although I enjoyed seeing what the updates were, and Liz's relationship with her mother, I didn't get a lot else out of this book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Eating disorder