![]() ![]() ![]() This Darcy does not give me butterflies, and I don’t see him giving Zuri butterflies either.įurthermore, the Wickham subplot didn’t work. Zuri is a great character but I’m not exactly sure when she became interested in Darius, or why her feelings changed. As an enemies to lovers romance, it leaves a bit to be desired, unfortunately. It absolutely makes sense that Darius would come across as snobbish, having moved from the Upper East Side to the “hood.”Īs an exploration of the intersections of race, class, and cultural identity (Zuri’s parents are Dominican and Haitian, and her landlady is a Yoruba priestess), this book is pretty stellar. As property values rise, Zuri and her family worry about being priced out of their apartment. Zuri is Bushwick born and bred Darius’ family bought the run-down house across the street and fixed it up – it’s one more step in the neighborhood changing irrevocably. Zoboi really makes the class distinction work here by setting the action in rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn. ![]() In case you haven’t gathered based on the character names, Pride is another entry in the romance subgenre of Pride and Prejudice retellings. With that said, her describing Darius Darcy as having “stank face” is PERFECTION. And as a sassy teenager, she uses slang which I guess is hip and authentic to her time and place, but I am really not the one to tell you that because sometimes I felt like I was reading a foreign language. Our narrator, Zuri Benitez, is super sassy. ![]()
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