I loved the tension that was developed through Zuri's relationship to where she lives. I really could feel the way Zuri wanted to cling hard to her world, to prevent any change, while she also desired to go elsewhere. She lovingly describes Zuri's world the reader feels very rooted in her world, on her block. I really think Zoboi did an excellent job with the setting. 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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