Reviews

Pride, Prejudice, & Turkish Delight by K.C. McCormick Çiftçi

kendra_usw's review

lighthearted medium-paced

2.5

prgaldiaries's review

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

The flow of the book made sense, but a lot of the lines eere cringeworthy at best. As an expat, living in another country it’s important to be mindful of others, but I found the way some of the mindfulness of others was stated as really unnecessary and a bit condescending frankly, and it took away from enjoying the book. I think I also would have preferred more descriptions of the characters, so we could properly imagine what they looked like, and also how old some if them were? There were also bits of the dialoghe that lind of contradicted themselves, so it disrupted the flow for me at least. 

nnnamiko's review

challenging emotional funny informative medium-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

2.0

cris_redondoo's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I never got interested in the book. 

monicalikesbooks's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

korinta's review

slow-paced

3.75

molslittlelibrary's review

lighthearted medium-paced

2.0

Not the usual kind of book i’d lean towards. Picked up in a Stuff my kindle sale. 
Loved the setting and turkish food mentions but just expected a little more from the plot. It had potential but i found myself predicting the outcome of the whole thing - perhaps because it’s a retelling (though i have yet to read pride and prejudice) 

robinwalter's review

I really WANTED to love this one, since I won a copy in a Storygraph giveaway and because  it seems likely that the story has some autobiographical context to it, but  after getting 1/4 of the way, the didactic tone was too much. I mean didcatic in the literal sense, teaching, not moralising. It killed the story for me as the lead character came across as trying to teach readers about  Türkiye (and TOEFL) first, provide a romance story second. 

rebeca_sac7's review

lighthearted 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

3.25

cupofchill's review

emotional relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

Thanks to Storygraph and KC McCormick Çiftçi to send me this book.
A lovely reading. I loved visiting Antalya through the pages and discovering the Turkish culture. A modern and original retelling of P&P that I highly recommend.