A review by madamenovelist
Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Clever premise, execution wasn’t to my taste very much. One the one hand, the concept of making Mr. Bennet & Mr. Darcy barristers in different firms and Lizzy bend her inquisitive self to solving a murder mystery is a clever retelling spin! On the other, so many characters were so woefully out of character that I couldn’t decide if I liked this book or found it irritating. If I read classic characters I already know, I like to feel the same people were dumped in an alternate universe. This feels like most of the characters should have been OCs instead? The moment that completely suspended disbelief and draggef me out of the story was
Lizzy randomly suspecting Caroline as possible murderer for absolutely no reason, just vibes and plot propulsion
. In an attempt to make Austen more diverse,
Charlotte Lucas is biracial…but it’s so blink-and-you-miss it that it feels well-meaning but hollow.
Three stars because two would be stingy.
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