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A review by kimu23
Debating Darcy by Sayantani DasGupta
2.5
*2.5
It’s an easy and light read but it doesn’t really worked as a P&P modern retelling. I don’t mind some of the extra-ness and the theatrical of the characters. I figured it was a choice by the author but at the same time I wish she actually adapted it to modern language. It took me out of the story when Darcy (modern teenage boy) confessed with the word ‘ardently’. I think one of the good example of P&P modern retelling is Fire Island, it’s funny and is its own self yet also recognizable as a P&P retelling.
I also don’t really like Leela. I feel like if I read a P&P retelling and I’m on the side of Darcy a lot more times than Lizzie (or Leela in this case) then it’s kinda a failure. Like, the Hamilton is too much and it feels as if their ‘fights’ are just Leela making things up in her mind then getting mad at him. Colin is a very sweet guy but Leela is constantly rude and mean to him. Obviously the author wrote him to be this ‘weird nerd’ but personally I don’t think he deserved to be mocked and looked down on through out the book.
Anyway, it’s an okay YA romance. All the things it talked about (sexism etc) have already been talked about. It doesn’t really do anything new but it is still a good book to read if you want something light and easy.
It’s an easy and light read but it doesn’t really worked as a P&P modern retelling. I don’t mind some of the extra-ness and the theatrical of the characters. I figured it was a choice by the author but at the same time I wish she actually adapted it to modern language. It took me out of the story when Darcy (modern teenage boy) confessed with the word ‘ardently’. I think one of the good example of P&P modern retelling is Fire Island, it’s funny and is its own self yet also recognizable as a P&P retelling.
I also don’t really like Leela. I feel like if I read a P&P retelling and I’m on the side of Darcy a lot more times than Lizzie (or Leela in this case) then it’s kinda a failure. Like, the Hamilton is too much and it feels as if their ‘fights’ are just Leela making things up in her mind then getting mad at him. Colin is a very sweet guy but Leela is constantly rude and mean to him. Obviously the author wrote him to be this ‘weird nerd’ but personally I don’t think he deserved to be mocked and looked down on through out the book.
Anyway, it’s an okay YA romance. All the things it talked about (sexism etc) have already been talked about. It doesn’t really do anything new but it is still a good book to read if you want something light and easy.