to be avoided

-Blatantly plagiarizes several movies (especially the Keira Knightley version) without any seeming remorse or attempt at originality. It made me uncomfortable to have supported a book so heavily plagiarized from another script.
-Every character is a professor X mutant who can read everyone's minds and emotions. Example: Darcy helps Lizzy off a horse right in the beginning and her father apparently notices her holding her breath in that moment. (What?) And then deduces that she loves Darcy. Every character operates like some magical empath.
-Mr. Bennet is a Disney dad who hasn't spent one single minute of his life in the Regency. What he does to his daughter Mary was abominable, nonsensical, and entirely illogical given the time period.
-I really wasn't feeling the casual fatphobia of this book.
-Repetitive vocab (The word "blush" was used 3 times in one paragraph.)
-Reads like a soap opera. Wickham is ridiculous as the scheming mustache-twirling villain.

Random scene I hated: Darcy staying at Bingley's house, emptying his glass, and tossing the glass into the fire for no good reason. As if Darcy would just casually destroy someone else's property, and have no concern for the service staff, who have to pick glass shards out of the fireplace in the morning.

I did not like the narration. It was very over the top. The sing-song cadence makes one rather seasick.

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Great Chemistry and Humor

I love the dialogue between the charcters. So much wit! I also loved the chemistry between Elizabeth and Darcy. This book also had a very refreshing take on the character of Mr Bennett that I can appreciate. Well worth the read!

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Good story

This book is fast paced, even if it is more than 10 hours long. It never lags and thank goodness there is not so much angst - just enough to make it interesting. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy do not hate each other all through the book. Mr. Bennett is more likable, Mr. Bingly is more solid and engaging. Mr. Wickham gets his just punishment. Mr. Collins is ridiculous and stupid. All in all a great book with a very good narrator. He narrates a little slowly, so I bumped up the speed to 1.1

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What a great twist on the original

This is a really fun listen, the narration took me a while to adapt to because the reader voices characters in a much older tone of voice than they are... so that was a little weird. But once I got used to it, it's fine. I like that this story starts at the point where the characters start building trust rather than half of the story building up angst and half building trust. I like it because you get a lot more witty dialogue between the main characters and you get a bit more insight into support characters.

The dialogue in this variation is great, there are so many witty one liners throughout. I seriously laughed many, many times throughout the book. It also borrows a lot of dialogue from the original, which I really like in PPV stories. One thing that this author did which I really liked was have familiar phrases from the OG stated by different characters in this book. It was a great mix up,

I'm not a die-hard deep PPV reader, but I seem to have been on a kick the past few months. I'd say over the past couple years I've read/listened to about 12 or 15? And of those I'd say this one is up in the top 1/3? I'd definitely say it is worth a credit, the narration was the only factor that kept me from giving it 5 stars, and as I said, the reader is good I just think his performace was way too old for the age set of the characters.

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Entertaining Variation of P&P

I really enjoyed this variation. The author took the story line in a direction that would please Jane Austen herself, I believe.

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Good Story

I liked that the couple knew for themselves they were attracted to each other. I didn't like that D left but the storyline was nice. Loved Wickham got dispose of. Only wished Caroline fate was worsen.

Loved it 😍

I loved this retelling of the story. This version is great !! I Highly recommend this one

Nice variation

I enjoyed listening to this variation although I prefer a more heated exchange between ODC. The story did not become interesting until halfway through. The narrator did not choose a great voice/tone for Lizzy - it was a bit distracting. A few nice twists in this variation.

Delightful Reimagining

This is a delightful reimagining of the classic story. I enjoyed hearing familiar lines used in unique ways and occasionally out of the mouths of different characters. I also relished the additional interactions between Elizabeth and Darcy, as well as a greater inclusion of their thoughts. This story offers that which every Pride and Prejudice fan wants: more time with the characters they love!

Amazing

I’ve had this novel in my library for sometime and couldn’t find the right time to crack it open to listen. I’m happy I did cause it’s amazing. I love the story and the way Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth act between each other every time they are with each other. As usual, I disliked how and what Caroline and Mr. Darcy’s aunt had to say about Elizabeth. Disgusting Caroline’s accusations over what happened in the incident with Wickham. Jokes on her and the old hag, Elizabeth is happily married.