Pride by ibi zoboi characters7/7/2023 There was a lot about this book that I really loved, though there was a lot that didn't work for me. Quick funny aside, the last book I read was also about the gentrification of Brooklyn, When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole, though that book went in a very different direction and the book I am currently reading, On the Come Up by Angie Thomas, has a strong wordsmith lady as the main character ( Pride has a poet and On the Come Up a rapper). The story hits all the beats one would expect from a retelling of this novel and maintains the social commentary inherent to the original, updating it for modern life, focusing on the gentrification of Brooklyn. The wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street with their sons Ainsley and Darius. Pride by Ibi Zoboi is a retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice following Zuri Benitez and her family in Bushwick.
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