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“In my humble opinion, pride is a fairly common sin, because everyone thinks very highly of themselves.”

Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

April 2, 2019 by scootsa1000 Leave a Comment

As anyone who has been part of the Cannonball Read for a while knows, I simply do not have the power to resist a Jane Austen retelling. Even if I’ve heard terrible things about it, I’m probably still going to read it. Unofficial sequels, modernizations, books told from alternate points of view? I am ALL IN. I recently saw an article talking about how Jane Austen is all the rage right now with Southeast Asian writers and readers, and how there were a slew of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: cbr11, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Scootsa1000, Soniah Kamal, Unmarriageable

scootsa1000's CBR11 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: cbr11, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Scootsa1000, Soniah Kamal, Unmarriageable ·
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Every Pride and Prejudice retelling is an excuse to post Firth gifs

Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

February 24, 2019 by yesknopemaybe 3 Comments

Two Pride and Prejudice retellings in a row that I’ve enjoyed! It’s a February miracle. I actually liked this one a bit better than Pride, but they’re both good and worth reading. The draw of Unmarriageable isn’t in the way the plot points are reinterpreted because all in all, it sticks pretty closely to the original story. The draw is in the early 2000’s Pakistani setting which is similar enough to the original English setting for the plot points to make sense and different enough […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Fiction, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Romance, Soniah Kamal, Unmarriageable

yesknopemaybe's CBR11 Review No:23 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Fiction, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Romance, Soniah Kamal, Unmarriageable ·
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Pride & Prejudice retelling set in Pakistan (which doesn’t quite work)

Unmarriageable: A Novel by Soniah Kamal

February 5, 2019 by CaribbeanClaire Leave a Comment

This is a new publication (pub Jan 22, 2019), a retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice set in Pakistan.  I love, love, love Pride & Prejudice, re-read it regularly and also read most re-tellings/re-imaginings (except the zombie one, I can’t get my head around that at all!!).   My favorite of these is Eligible by Curtis Sittenfield.  But it feels rude to talk about that book in a review of a completely different book but do check it out if you like P&P re-tellings. Ms. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Soniah Kamal, Unmarriageable

CaribbeanClaire's CBR11 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Soniah Kamal, Unmarriageable ·
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