Ibi Zoboi
2018
Did Not Finish
In this Pride and Prejudice retelling, Zuri and her four sisters live in a Brooklyn hood. Zuri watches in disgust as the rich Darcy family refurbish the house across from her apartment block. When they move in, Zuri's older sister Janae and the oldest Darcy brother take an instant liking to each other, to Zuri's consternation. She and the other Darcy boy, Darius, find themselves thrown together, but she considers him snobbish and can't stand to be around him.
I really wanted to like this book, since it's a Pride and Prejudice remix. Sadly, while the writing was mostly good and the nods to the original clever, Zuri has a chip on her shoulder the size of her hood which makes her completely unlikable, and the book an unpleasant read.
