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jkwallace89 's review for:
The Bennet Women
by Eden Appiah-Kubi
I need to sit on the book for a while and I may come back and revise this. I really loved the characters. I loved the diversity. I love P&P. However… it felt like the book was trying to do too much. I’m not saying cut the diversity (knowing it focused on a Black woman, a trans woman, and an Asian woman is most of the reason I picked it up) but I think trying to tell their stories and stay focused on P&P left a lot to be desired. I’d love to have seen a whole story about Jamie, developing her story with Lee and her character. I’d love to see Tessa’s story and not just leave her in the background ad a foil. I adored EJ and Will, but they were the only ones who I felt like got development and I could invest in, which is true to the source material. However, with such fascinating characters and great dialogue, I’d have a loved a story (or stories) about them without feeling the need to be so tied to Jane Austen.