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A review by sohnis
Unequal Affections: A Pride and Prejudice Retelling by Lara S. Ormiston
2.0
I need to stop listening to BookTok. I guess I should have known to curtail my expectations after reading that this book started out as fan fic, but you’d think there’d be some more editing involved! So much nonsensical lip biting, sighing, and gazing into each other’s eyes (barf). I ended up skimming the latter half of the book because I couldn’t deal.
I also should have realized that the original Elizabeth would have never EVER accepted Darcy’s first proposal. Keeping a character continuous with such an incongruous action would’ve been difficult for anyone but the way this book makes Elizabeth sooo passive is unbearable. It also makes Darcy an outright snob in a way that doesn’t fit the original all!
I just wanted to like this and I’m so disappointed :/
I also should have realized that the original Elizabeth would have never EVER accepted Darcy’s first proposal. Keeping a character continuous with such an incongruous action would’ve been difficult for anyone but the way this book makes Elizabeth sooo passive is unbearable. It also makes Darcy an outright snob in a way that doesn’t fit the original all!
I just wanted to like this and I’m so disappointed :/