Eligible in Around the Year in 52 Books

Aug 17, 2016 Jacqie rated it liked it

Shelves: netgalley

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

If you've read anything about this book, you'll know that it's a re-imagining of Pride and Prejudice, set mostly in today's Cincinnati. Jane is a yoga instructor ( this fits her surprisingly well), Liz is a free-lance writer for magazines, Mary takes online classes, and Lydia and Kittie mostly just go to Cross-Fit. Chip Bingley has achieved a small degree of fame by being on the show Eligible, which is pretty much The ...more

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Aug 18, 2017 Jessica (BookRockGoddess) Bolton rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-on-cd, tbr, library-book, 100-in-2017

So much fun for retelling. I really enjoyed it and I think anyone else who loves a good pride and predjudice retelling will to.
Pride and Prejudice is Austen's look into the absurdity of the time with a touch of humor. Such as, Mrs. Bennett's obsession in finding wealthy husbands for her girls and the posh society of the Darcy's that many a fortune hunter aspires to. Eligible is a tribute to this very well known story while still being a very fresh take in its own right.

Although, I did find fault ...more

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Nov 05, 2017 Gretchen rated it liked it

Shelves: read-2017

I think I would have enjoyed this more if it hadn't been positioned as part of the Austen project. On its own, it's a decent novel with some light moments. As a retelling of P&P, it doesn't work. I'm not a purest looking for reasons to complain - I enjoy retellings, and reinterpretations of many novels. But in this case, I felt that Sittenfeld started out to write the social commentary of Austen, but then detoured into chicklit territory. Maybe that makes sense to Sittenfeld as part of a 21st ce ...more

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Dec 19, 2017 oliviasbooks rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2018, swapped-or-given-away, around-the-year-in-52-books, chick-lit, contemporary-fiction, adult-fiction, laugh-a-little, retellings-continuations

- Yes, it feels quite strange witnessing Elizabeth Bennett having spontaneous "hate sex" with Mr. Darcy, but
- the transfer of the characters' personalities into the 21. century, especially those of Mrs. Bennett, Jane, Charlotte and Lydia, has been admirably done.
- The mix of unconditional love, shame and exasperated distress Liz feels for her sisters and mother and the defeat she experiences when faced with her father's complacent passivity are unmistakably there, too.
- There are differences. ...more

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Apr 14, 2018 Jen K rated it liked it

I enjoyed it as a quick read on a plane. Cute but not quite the same as P&P. The focus was much more on family interactions and Darcy seemed more like an afterthought.

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Nov 06, 2018 Elizabeth Rainbow rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2018

This one started off a little bit rocky, and I didn't love the whole reality television angle... But it was surprisingly entertaining once it picked up! Now I want to re-read the original Pride and Prejudice. ...more

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Apr 22, 2016 Holly rated it really liked it

Shelves: adult-books-2016, around-the-year-2016

Totally enjoyed this modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice. However, throughout the whole book, I kept picturing Colin Firth as the modern Darcy too!

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Apr 15, 2016 Tweller83 rated it liked it

Shelves: adult-read, book-club, district-book-committee

More of a 3.5 for me. Cute retelling of the pride and prejudice story. I didn't like Liz as much as I wanted to, nor Mary or the younger Bennett sisters either. But overall, decent read. ...more

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