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A review by lyrawilde
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa
3.0
This was an okay book.
The writing was okay, altough I feel like I'm not in the target audience's age, because it was somewhat too simply worded and a little childish (?). It was also pretty anachronistic. I'm quite sure that in the time of Jane Austen nobody said things like wow. My other issue was the overuse of the word "boy". In Oliver's case, I get it, he's 17 years old, still a little childish minded and stuff. But with Darcy and Wickham, I found mismatched the fact that Wickham tried to seduce Darcy's sibling, and tried to trap Oliver in a marriage when he is still a boy. And in my mind Darcy (played by Colin Firth :D), who is 19 years old if I remember correctly in this book, is neither a boy, but a man.
The story was okay. I feel that this book was too short, or had too many things going on, and because of that we had less time with our main love interests. Like, they met two times as themselves and the next thing I know that they love each other? C'mon. I believe in love and first sight and it could be plausable that they felt in love in a short period of time, but the book didn't show me in a way that I can believe it. Although, the plot follows the original book main points quite well (as far as i remember, although I read Pride and Prejudice 10 years ago), and I had the same issue with that book too. But on the other hand, if someone writes a retelling, then it's a perfect opportunity to fix some issues.
The characters were okay. I enjoyed Mrs. Bennett, and it was nice to hear about her nerves again, and Jane was a sweetheart, but apart from them noone else became precious to me, just okay-ish. As I mentioned, Oliver was sometimes a little childish for me, especially with his view about Charlotte's choice, but it's excusable, since he just recently find himself, and is still quite young. Darcy had potential, but I guess he didn't appear enough for me to bond with him.
Overall, Most ardently was a decent book, but not one I would like to re-read, or which I will think about very fondly. But since this was my first book about a trans boy (gosh, this word will hunt me), it's still somewhat special.
The writing was okay, altough I feel like I'm not in the target audience's age, because it was somewhat too simply worded and a little childish (?). It was also pretty anachronistic. I'm quite sure that in the time of Jane Austen nobody said things like wow. My other issue was the overuse of the word "boy". In Oliver's case, I get it, he's 17 years old, still a little childish minded and stuff. But with Darcy and Wickham, I found mismatched the fact that Wickham tried to seduce Darcy's sibling, and tried to trap Oliver in a marriage when he is still a boy. And in my mind Darcy (played by Colin Firth :D), who is 19 years old if I remember correctly in this book, is neither a boy, but a man.
The story was okay. I feel that this book was too short, or had too many things going on, and because of that we had less time with our main love interests. Like, they met two times as themselves and the next thing I know that they love each other? C'mon. I believe in love and first sight and it could be plausable that they felt in love in a short period of time, but the book didn't show me in a way that I can believe it. Although, the plot follows the original book main points quite well (as far as i remember, although I read Pride and Prejudice 10 years ago), and I had the same issue with that book too. But on the other hand, if someone writes a retelling, then it's a perfect opportunity to fix some issues.
The characters were okay. I enjoyed Mrs. Bennett, and it was nice to hear about her nerves again, and Jane was a sweetheart, but apart from them noone else became precious to me, just okay-ish. As I mentioned, Oliver was sometimes a little childish for me, especially with his view about Charlotte's choice, but it's excusable, since he just recently find himself, and is still quite young. Darcy had potential, but I guess he didn't appear enough for me to bond with him.
Overall, Most ardently was a decent book, but not one I would like to re-read, or which I will think about very fondly. But since this was my first book about a trans boy (gosh, this word will hunt me), it's still somewhat special.