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Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

28 reviews

katharina90's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.0

I didn't really get Pride & Prejudice vibes. The characters were so unlikeable and the writing was mediocre at best. Also way too long and painfully slow.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Racism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

baearles's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

iamsammie27's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Medical content

Moderate: Infertility, Racism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity and Rape

_linds's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Sexual assault

heather667's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs and Police brutality

sakeriver's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I have to admit, I was surprised by how strongly and quickly I turned to liking this book, after spending the first two-thirds or so really disliking both MCs. But in the end the slow burn paid off, with both characters growing in very satisfying ways. And where it really shined, IMO, was in the MCs’ respective family relationships. In both the relationship and family dynamics, the revelations and subsequent reconciliation were fairly quick, but the story was built well enough that it still came across as authentic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent

ashleytalksbooks's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This was a good book and could easily have been a four or five star read for me, but the problematic elements knocked it down several notches unfortunately. Spoilers ahead as well as a content warning for sexual assault and ableism:

Exploring male victims of sexual assault is a very important story to bring light to and deserves proper treatment. Choosing to have a teenage girl sexually assault and drug a grown man as a plot point is not doing that. The implications and optics of a rich powerful man being taken advantage of by a teenage girl casts doubt on victims and is irresponsible story telling. Especially when there were far better ways to adapt Whickham. They could have had her embezzling his campaign funds and stealing money or even had her be an older adult who took advantage of him as a political mentor when he was just starting at his career. Every time it was mentioned I felt sick at my stomach and the story would have been so much better if anything else was done.

There were also multiple parts that seemed to be an attempt to give disabled rep that felt very ableist. The way they handled their cousin with epilepsy. Them never leaving the attic felt really gross especially with the real world history of locking disabled people away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Racism, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Police brutality

jillaay_h's review

emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

takarakei's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I know this is meant as a Pride and Prejudice reimagining with a gender reversed couple (Trisha = Darcy and DJ = Elizabeth) but I really struggled with liking Trisha as a character. Yes she has character growth, but I found her to be so stuck up and had a hard time kind of forgiving her actions at the beginning of the book. I wasn't particularly attached to this story. It's definitely a slow-burn romance like P&P (nothing happens until the very end). I'd argue it's very loosely even a romance as most of the book deals with Trisha's family drama. It's also a very long book for what it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Miscarriage, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual content

elykeepthefaith's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Sonali Dev is a master at creating characters that are so relatable and that simply come off the page. The dynamics of the Raje family was so well developed. I will say that it took longer for me to get invested in Trisha and DJs story in comparison to the other couples in the Raje series (yes, I read them completely out of order). Similar to their Austen counterparts, Trisha and DJ have a lot to work through. I think the pace of the story picks up after the first love confession. If you are in the mood for a multicultural romance, with main characters that can’t quite get it right, and loads of family drama  you will enjoy this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Violence