I grew up loving the Pride and Prejudice movies and at the encouragement of a friend decided to read the book.

This was such a fun read. I was amazed that some passages were copied almost word for word in the movie while others weren't done justice at all. I understand much more of the story now and a lot of the side characters feel more real and important. 

Darcy and Lizzie have such wonderful banter throughout that I caught myself laughing out loud quite often. The antics of Mrs. Bennet often had me cringing with second hand embarrassment. I enjoyed having seen the movies first as I was able to picture the characters better since we don't get a great description of many of them.

I found it odd and slightly jarring to have certain names simply not exist, instead having a dash before "shire" or a regiment. While I understand after research why this was done it did bother me slightly and pull me out of the story. As far as complaints go it is quite small and I am sure I will read Pride and Prejudice again.