![]() ![]() ![]() Honestly, these two just confused the hell out of me. Zuri is the book’s narrator and since Darius is a mystery to her, he’s also a mystery to the reader. I just felt that her irritating qualities eclipsed her many good ones. She’s also a brilliant writer, ferociously loyal, and protective of her family. Unfortunately, this was also the biggest weakness of the novel for me – I did not always like being around her. This is very much a YA novel and Zuri is appropriately immature. With his rich ways, he doesn’t fit in her neighborhood, and she fears that people like his family (rich people) will contribute to the kind of gentrification that will destroy everything Zuri loves about her home. Zuri can’t stand her new neighbors, especially Darius Darcy. They live next door to a run-down mansion that is purchased and remodeled by a Black family from Manhattan. In this modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice, teenager Zuri Benitez, who is Afro-Latino, lives in Bushwick, New York, with her family. It frustrates me that I didn’t like Pride more than I did, because the concept is awesome. ![]()
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