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Ayesha at Last
by Uzma Jalaluddin
I'm always a sucker for Pride and Prejudice remakes. I have read probably a dozen, and seen at least that many film versions as well. This is a good one. Ayesha is a little different because it starts off with a bit of mistaken identity, where Ayesha is covering for her cousin (let's just call her Lydia, as that's the Pride and Prejudice role). I listened to the audiobook, so my odds of getting character names spelled correctly are NOT GOOD. Audiobooks are awesome, but they do not help you spell characters names.
The cousin is young and beautiful and thinks collecting marriage proposals is a game, and marrying someone rich is "winning" even if you don't love the guy because divorce exists, and she'd get a bunch of his money. Gross.
Ayesha feels a sense of duty to her uncle for helping her whole family after her father's death, giving them a place to live, really, doing everything to make sure Ayesha and her brother and mom were okay. Props to the uncle, despite the terrible moral code that somehow his daughter picked up.
Then we have our Darcy, who is not fitting in at all, but somehow getting by. He's the dutiful son as his only sister was packed off to India in an arranged marriage while still a teen for defying their mom. Their mom - wow. She's Lady Catherine on blast. She's a force of nature. She has our Darcy scared to even think for himself. Which is too bad, because thinking is important.
It's a good adaptation. The changes were interesting. The carryovers to Pride and Prejudice paid homage to the classic. The characters were well-drawn and compelling. Well worth the read.
The cousin is young and beautiful and thinks collecting marriage proposals is a game, and marrying someone rich is "winning" even if you don't love the guy because divorce exists, and she'd get a bunch of his money. Gross.
Ayesha feels a sense of duty to her uncle for helping her whole family after her father's death, giving them a place to live, really, doing everything to make sure Ayesha and her brother and mom were okay. Props to the uncle, despite the terrible moral code that somehow his daughter picked up.
Then we have our Darcy, who is not fitting in at all, but somehow getting by. He's the dutiful son as his only sister was packed off to India in an arranged marriage while still a teen for defying their mom. Their mom - wow. She's Lady Catherine on blast. She's a force of nature. She has our Darcy scared to even think for himself. Which is too bad, because thinking is important.
It's a good adaptation. The changes were interesting. The carryovers to Pride and Prejudice paid homage to the classic. The characters were well-drawn and compelling. Well worth the read.