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A review by aries_reads
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa
4.0
It's undoubtedly a challenge to rewrite a Jane Austen novel, so I definitely admire Novoa's take on the story!
As always, I do like seeing transmasculine representation in books, especially alongside some queer romance! However, as much as I love the concept, I feel like it deviated a bit too far from the original Pride and Prejudice. My main point of complaint (possibly the only point) is that it felt that the original tone of resisting these rules on women because of their unjust nature felt a lot less central. instead, it turned to more of a tone of resistance from Oliver because he specifically is not a woman, not that it's bad for ALL women.
Other than that, though, it was a very entertaining and light read that was quite imagery-based, which I do love. I liked the excerpt at the end addressing the validity of claims made about queerness in this era of the world, and how Novoa connected some things directly, and changed some others to give the story a bit of suspension of disbelief.
My first read from Novoa, hopefully I can experience some more!
As always, I do like seeing transmasculine representation in books, especially alongside some queer romance! However, as much as I love the concept, I feel like it deviated a bit too far from the original Pride and Prejudice. My main point of complaint (possibly the only point) is that it felt that the original tone of resisting these rules on women because of their unjust nature felt a lot less central. instead, it turned to more of a tone of resistance from Oliver because he specifically is not a woman, not that it's bad for ALL women.
Other than that, though, it was a very entertaining and light read that was quite imagery-based, which I do love. I liked the excerpt at the end addressing the validity of claims made about queerness in this era of the world, and how Novoa connected some things directly, and changed some others to give the story a bit of suspension of disbelief.
My first read from Novoa, hopefully I can experience some more!