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A review by pretzulle
Accomplished by Amanda Quain
2.0
ARC was provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I love Pride & Prejudice so I was more than excited to get this YA adaptation focusing on Mr. Darcy's younger sister, Georgiana. However, this just felt lackluster. I think if you're going to make an adaptation or build off of any sort of renowned work like Pride & Prejudice, it has to be good. Quain does a good job of making Georgiana her own distinguished character compared to the version we get from Austen.
This would have been fine as a typical YA novel without the connections to Pride, and I hinged on that too much while reading. The dialogue is very young and overall there isn't much depth to the plot. This is definitely a younger YA novel.
Not my thing, but will certainly be good for others!
I love Pride & Prejudice so I was more than excited to get this YA adaptation focusing on Mr. Darcy's younger sister, Georgiana. However, this just felt lackluster. I think if you're going to make an adaptation or build off of any sort of renowned work like Pride & Prejudice, it has to be good. Quain does a good job of making Georgiana her own distinguished character compared to the version we get from Austen.
This would have been fine as a typical YA novel without the connections to Pride, and I hinged on that too much while reading. The dialogue is very young and overall there isn't much depth to the plot. This is definitely a younger YA novel.
Not my thing, but will certainly be good for others!