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Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

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pherociouscake's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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brideal's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This is my first Sonali Dev book and I enjoyed it. Now let me put it out there that I am in a bit of a reading slump and reading this took me out of it a little more. It honestly felt like a soap opera in a book. It was extra at times and it felt like a lot was going on. This isn’t really a romance, more like a general fiction (not sure if that is a genre) with romantic elements. The main characters “hated” each other for pretty much the entire book, so it felt rushed when they transitioned and finally started admitting their feelings for each other.

There are a lot of difficult topics brought up in this book and it felt like that took away from the connection between the main characters. Overall, I enjoyed the writing and I will read more from the author. 

TW: Cancer, racism, s*xual assault, classism, death of a family member, miscarriages. There are more but I cannot think of all of them
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jra's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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bessadams's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

she's somehow Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, and we love her for it
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katharina90's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

1.0

I didn't really get Pride & Prejudice vibes. The characters were so unlikeable and the writing was mediocre at best. Also way too long and painfully slow.
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baearles's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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iamsammie27's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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_linds's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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heather667's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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sakeriver's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I have to admit, I was surprised by how strongly and quickly I turned to liking this book, after spending the first two-thirds or so really disliking both MCs. But in the end the slow burn paid off, with both characters growing in very satisfying ways. And where it really shined, IMO, was in the MCs’ respective family relationships. In both the relationship and family dynamics, the revelations and subsequent reconciliation were fairly quick, but the story was built well enough that it still came across as authentic.
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