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A review by thecozyarchivist
Just as You Are by Camille Kellogg
Did not finish book. Stopped at 55%.
DNFed at 55%
This book feels like it was written not for queer people, which absolutely breaks my heart to say. The thing that broke me was every room in the main character's office is named after a different queer people, and I think the photo copier was named after Elliot Page. Why?! I don't know if this was supposed to be a homage to queer people, but it felt like weird.
Also, I love a Pride and Prejudice retelling but these characters were not Elizabeth and Darcy. The Liz in this book was honestly just mean and disorganized and flighty, which is not Austen's Elizabeth. And she was just so mean to Daria (Darcy), but not in a fun way.
This just ended up being not fun to read after awhile, and while I did try to get through it, the characters just felt a little half baked and didn't live up to what I hoped they would be.
This book feels like it was written not for queer people, which absolutely breaks my heart to say. The thing that broke me was every room in the main character's office is named after a different queer people, and I think the photo copier was named after Elliot Page. Why?! I don't know if this was supposed to be a homage to queer people, but it felt like weird.
Also, I love a Pride and Prejudice retelling but these characters were not Elizabeth and Darcy. The Liz in this book was honestly just mean and disorganized and flighty, which is not Austen's Elizabeth. And she was just so mean to Daria (Darcy), but not in a fun way.
This just ended up being not fun to read after awhile, and while I did try to get through it, the characters just felt a little half baked and didn't live up to what I hoped they would be.