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Jan 28, 2011

Sara rated it:

There is something about the way Elizabeth Eulberg writes that speaks directly to me! I loved The Lonely Hearts Club and I absolutely LOVE Prom and Prejudice!! First of all, it is a modern take on Pride and Prejudice, one of my favorites. Second, Lizzie, is a concert pianist who plays Rachmaninoff! Perhaps some of you don't know who Rachmaninoff was (watch the movie Shine, you will understand what the Rach 3 is after that). To me is is one of the best piano composers ever. His works are extremel More...

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Aug 11, 2011

Jackie rated it:

Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
Publisher: Point
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Pages: 288

My Rating: A
Ages: 11 and up

Synopsis:
After winter break, the girls at the very prestigious Longbourn Academy become obsessed with the prom. Lizzie Bennet, who attends Longbourn on a scholarship, isn’t interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be — especially now that Charles Bingley is back from a sem More...

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Jul 07, 2011

Kailia rated it:

An author’s debut book could be really good. So expectations are set. Then that author’s sophomore book comes out and you being to read it. Now that was the case with me and Prom & Prejudice. I loved Elizabeth Eulberg’s The Lonely Hearts Club and it set high expectations for her second book. When I heard about Prom & Prejudice, I got really excited. First of all, I love, love Pride and Prejudice. And I love Darcy. And Elizabeth is a great author. So, I was expecting a lot from this book. Luckily More...

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Aug 01, 2011

Sophie rated it:

I approach any re-telling of Pride and Prejudice with a lot of caution. Why? Because it's one of my Go-To-Books. You know those books; they are the ones that you read over and over again for comfort, predictability and to re-capture that moment of "that did NOT just happen"?

But what Elizabeth Eulberg did with Pride and Prejudice makes me want to shout things like "perfect" and "brilliant" and "go, run, buy it now". In Prom & Prejudice, the prota More...

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May 15, 2011

Meredith (Austenesque Reviews) rated it:

Unlike the majority of girls who attend Longbourn Academy, an elite and expensive all-girl prep school, Elizabeth Bennet is not wealthy, not high society, and not obsessed with prom. As a scholarship student, Elizabeth is a social pariah. Each day she has to face taunts, pranks, insults, and seclusion. But instead of dwelling on her lack of friends and acceptance, Elizabeth spends her time maintaining a satisfactory grade point average, working at Java Junction, and practicing the piano. As More...

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May 30, 2011

D.J. added it

What I liked most about Prom and Prejudice was how Ms. Eulberg incorporated the characters from Jane Austen's beloved novel into her own story and made them new, yet familiar. It was fun seeing how the new set of characters were related to each other and what kind of relationships they shared. The characters' actions will be familiar to most, but for people unfamiliar with Pride and Prejudice, they may seem dramatic or overexaggerated.

Lizzie makes for a great narrator and even though I More...

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Jan 29, 2012

Claire rated it:

I really enjoyed this various of P&P. There are many books out there like this one, but I think Prom and Prejudice is a great one.
I liked how Eulberg had Lizzie talk out loud about her feelings and what she was thinking. Although Austen did this in her own way, Eulberg added it in a very direct way. I found this refreshing.
Prom and Prejudice is a nicely put together review of P&P. Definitely not as long as the original but it hits all the important parts.
I also liked how More...

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Jan 16, 2012

Emma rated it:

I imagine this would be a very fun book to write; all froth and frills, with cute dialogue and adorable characters and a plot that’s already pretty much planned out for you, thanks to Jane Austen. You’d get to indulge the cutesy, girly-girl side of you and write a book that is absolutely intended to be the written equivalent of a chick flick and nothing more, and then you get to seal it all with a shiny pink cover with a pretty dress emblazoned on it.

For the record, it’s a well-done More...

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Nov 29, 2011

Michelle rated it:

Jane Austen is fantastic, but you probably already know that. She is such a popular author that her books have generated hundreds of spin-offs. Whether its adding sea monsters to Sense and Sensibility, or writing about the married life of the Darcys and Bingleys, everyone seems to have a take on Austen’s beloved books. Above all, I enjoy it when these spin-offs are clever; and this one is very clever. [return][return]As you might have guessed from the title this is a P&P adaptation. Lizzie More...

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Feb 21, 2012

Crystal rated it:

I grabbed this book at the library, because who doesn't love Pride and Prejudice? The premise sounded fun. Perhaps unfortunately for this book, I read Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr first. Deep, thoughtful, heartfelt, in my opinion brilliant book--basically a tough act to follow. But, at the same time as I was reading this novel, my husband was reading Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies, and occasionally sharing tidbits from it. Yuck! Imagine, if you will, the two of us laying in bed, one with PP&Z in More...

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Feb 15, 2012

Diah rated it:

Memutuskan untuk baca ini karena tertarik sama riviunya Amel, dan dipinjemin dia juga sih. :D

Jujur, saya belum pernah baca Pride and Prejudice. WHAAAAAT????
Ya ya ya ... itu karya klasik yang kayaknya ENGGAK MUNGKIN banget sih belum pernah baca. Tapi itu emang terjadi. Pernah coba baca beberapa halaman saja versi bahasa inggrisnya yang amat sangat klasik. Saya tak sanggup meneruskannya. :p

Karena belum pernah baca PnP sama sekali, saya nggak tau kalo emang nama tokoh More...

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Feb 08, 2012

Amel rated it:

Well, well, well, satu lagi novel yang mengadopsi Pride and Prejudice nya Jane Austen. Rasanya sudah tidak terhitung novel atau film yang mengadopsi Pride and Prejudice, tapi sebagai fans berat Jane Austen rasanya tidak bosan untuk tetap membaca dan menontonnya (dan membelinya^^). Contohnya buku ini, dengan sekali lirikan dan tertangkap kata "prejudice' di judulnya, langsung tanpa ragu dibawa ke kasir. Well, harus diakui, saya sepertinya memang penggemar Jane Austen akut^^. Hari ini mulai m More...

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Dec 02, 2011

Ivy rated it:

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Nov 27, 2011

Huma rated it:

I guess I appreciate what this book was trying to do, and it's well-written enough (as in, few blatant grammar/usage mistakes, a pleasant enough tone, cohesion, and so on).

But it was very, very cheesy, and slightly ridiculous, and lacked almost all the warmth and nuance of the original. That's not surprising: Pride and Prejudice is a tough act to follow in any sense. But still - that doesn't mean this book gets a free pass.

One example: in this book, the frosty tone of Lizzie More...

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Oct 03, 2011

Justine rated it:

Recently, I’ve completed the book Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg. This book would be under the category of realistic fiction. This book is about a young girl named Lizzie who attends Longbourn Academy, a very prestigious school that only the richest children in the country can afford to attend. That is, except for two very lucky and more so talented people in each class who have a scholarship. Being one of these students, Lizzie faces a lot of cruelty through prejudice from the other stud More...

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Sep 15, 2011

Teacher. rated it:

Book Originally reviewed @ my blog here.

Books based in a High School always strike a chord with me. I enjoy all of the drama, friendships and cliques, and academia all wrapped up in one story. (Maybe this is why I am a teacher?) For all of these reasons, Prom and Prejudice really was the perfect recommendation for me. While you can guess from the title that the book plays off of Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, you don’t have to be an Austen lover to fall in love with this More...

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Aug 18, 2011

Sarah rated it:

I read this very quickly one evening, and it was a fun read. It's based on Pride and Prejudice, of course, and the way the author works in some of the minor characters is a lot of fun. And using the ideal of getting a date to prom as a way to get around the marriage issue in a teen book was brilliant, and some of the connections between scenes and events in the original story and the modern retelling are very clever. Some of the changes are less interesting (Lizzie and Darcy both have fantastic, More...

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Aug 15, 2011

Jodi rated it:

I thoroughly and absolutely enjoyed Prom and Prejudice. In a nod to Pride and Prejudice, Eulberg tells the story of high schooler Lizzie Bennet who clashes with her snooty, private school classmates. They ridicule and haze her for being there on scholarship and when she meets aloof Will Darcy, she automatically pegs him as a snob not worth her time. However, much to Lizzie's dislike, Darcy keeps cropping up where Lizzie is. Not one to pick up on boy-flirtation too well, it takes a not-so-fl More...

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Aug 04, 2011

Jodi rated it:

I thoroughly and absolutely enjoyed Prom and Prejudice. In a nod to Pride and Prejudice, Eulberg tells the story of high schooler Lizzie Bennet who clashes with her snooty, private school classmates. They ridicule and haze her for being there on scholarship and when she meets aloof Will Darcy, she automatically pegs him as a snob not worth her time. However, much to Lizzie's dislike, Darcy keeps cropping up where Lizzie is. Not one to pick up on boy-flirtation too well, it takes a not-s More...

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Jul 27, 2011

Brob rated it:

I was a little concerned about this book as it seems to be for a younger crowd. However, I absolutely loved it. I read it in one sitting and found it to be a quick enjoyable read. The plot is fairly predictable since I know enough about Pride and Prejudice but it didn’t take away from the story being told. It was a little like watching a movie if you have read the book. It can still be very enjoyable.

I think Eulberg did a great job with character development for Lizzie and Will. Even t More...

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Jul 18, 2011

Katie rated it:

Elizabeth Eulberg has written an absolutely charming modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice. And there really isn’t anything more romantic or British than an updated Jane Austen novel no matter what the setting. And although Eulberg may have moved the action across the Atlantic Ocean, if you’re anything like me, you’ll still hear the characters playing out this much-loved story with faint British accents. Lizzie Bennett is a music scholarship student at a posh Connecticut boarding school (that More...

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Jul 17, 2011

Shanan rated it:

In A Nutshell:

As a long-time fan of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, I was instantly drawn and quickly became enchanted with this modern-day adaptation. I enjoyed reading Prom and Prejudice; however I quickly found it to be so much a copy of the original story that it lacked originality.

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Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bennet and Will Darcy are caught in a stand-off. Neither of them want to admit that their preconceived notions about the other based on social standing More...

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Jul 14, 2011

Em-em rated it:

Prom fever is in the horizon in Longbourn Academy and every girl in this prestigious school is looking forward to the expensive clothes, expensive shoes and accessories. This will be a night to remember and a night that will mark their place in the society. But that is not the case for Lizzie Bennet. She is a scholar in this school and while she is happy for her best friend Jane that she is finally with Charles Bingley she is dreading every minute that they are together because she has to put up More...

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Jul 06, 2011

Mary-megan rated it:

This is a quick and enjoyable read that anyone who enjoys Jane Austen will appreciate.

Lizzie Bennet is an outcast at Longbourn Academy because she is one of the dreaded "scholarship" kids. Teased and harassed on a regularly basis, Lizzie can't help but have her defenses up when around fellow students with money. Forced to join her best friend Jane at a reception between their school and Pemberly Academy (a reception in preparation for the ever popular prom), Lizzie meets Ja More...

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May 03, 2011

Mary (BookHounds) rated it:

This is a wonderful retake on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, one of my favorite books. The story almosts sticks to the traditional and witty original of class and age warfare between Lizzy and the rich kids at a private school. Eulberg deftly portrays teen angst although this version isn't as intense as the original since these teens will get a more than once chance at love and their whole lives are not on the line like the original. Lizzy is a scholarship student at an all girls' schoo More...

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Apr 29, 2011

Kavanand rated it:

Elizabeth Eulberg’s Prom and Prejudice takes the story of Pride and Prejudice and sets it in a posh boarding school, Longbourne Academy. The young women of Longbourne aren’t worried about who they’re going to marry; they’re just worried about who will take them to the prom. They’re looking to the boys of neighboring Pemberley Academy for potential dates. This version of Lizzie Bennett is a scholarship student, and she doesn’t have an easy time at Longbourne, where her fellow students are horribl More...

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Apr 26, 2011

Jess - The Tales Compendium rated it:

I love reading Elizabeth Eulberg. Her books make me happy. Prom and Prejudice has proved she wasn't a one-hit-wonder with her awesome debut The Lonely Hearts Club.

Prom and Prejudice is funny, witty, and sometimes fluffy, with great characters who react honestly and how you can imagine you might have in the same situation. There is the age-old class/status war between Lizzie and the snobby rich kids at Longbourn and Pemberley Academy and the consequences of assumptions, misunderstandi More...

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Apr 12, 2011

Alanna (The Flashlight Reader) rated it:

Who doesn’t enjoy a spin off of a Jane Austin tale? In this version of Pride and Prejudice, Lizzie (Bennet) finds herself at Longbourn Academy on a music scholarship. Although she has an amazing talent for playing the piano, no one at the prestigious Longbourn Academy enjoys her presence since she is not from a wealthy family. Luckily for Lizzie, she has a wonderful, caring roommate named Jane. Unfortunately, Jane’s boyfriend (Charles Bingley) is best friends with Will Darcy.

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Mar 30, 2011

fennie rated it:

this was a really cute, fun read; the pages fly by, allowing for quick satisfaction. of course we generally know how things are going to play out, but it's the process in getting there that makes things entertaining.

as a modern-day version of pride & prejudice, eulberg did jane austen justice. there isn't as much pent-up tension or deeply-rooted frustration of the original (actually, all of the emotion isn't as intense, but then again we're talking about teenagers dating versus adults More...

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Mar 27, 2011

Kate rated it:

Review also posted here on my blog.

This book was a fun and light read, and it only took me a few hours to finish. As a long time lover of Pride and Prejudice, I was interested to see it put in terms of prom and high school.

I think because I went to a small high school with a smaller class gap, I wasn’t sure what to make of how class differences are handled in the wealthy atmosphere of their school. I’m not sure how realistic it was, but it made me feel lucky about my high More...

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