Darcy's Passions: Pride and Prejudice Retold Through His Eyes

Un Fitzwilliam Darcy arrebatadoramente sensato y pasional

Es una reinterpretación del original, va siguiendo los hechos tal cual, un volver a contar la historia desde el punto de vista de Fitzwilliam Darcy, es la interpretación de Regina Jeffers de la obra Orgullo y Prejuicio. Hay coherencia en los diálogos, por ejemplo permite que Georgiana y el coronel Fitzwilliam tengan un conocimiento previo de Elizabeth, antes de conocerla.

Este "volver a contar" a través de los ojos de Darcy y desde la óptica de Jeffers es resfrescante, he leído otras dos variaciones del mismo estilo y es gratificante la firma que le imprime cada autor a su historia. Disfruto de la congruencia de los diálogos y ese ajuste perfecto con la historia original.

La show more autora logra retratar al Darcy caballeroso de ensueños y la transformación de sus defectos para ganar el amor de Elizabeth.

También tengo que reconocer que la historia me atrapó después que Darcy salió de Kent devastado, triste y sin esperanza por el rechazo de su amada. Después de los hechos de Pemberley, la boda de los fugados, viene la aceptación de Elizabeth, todo contado con un ritmo ligero con toques de humor y romance.

Los pocos nuevos personajes que crea, Jeffers, le dan ese toque de variedad con un final abierto para el siguiente libro.

Para un lector que ha leído otras obras parecidas, ésta aporta pocos detalles nuevos, pero si aún no ha leído ninguna variación de este tipo es una buena alternativa para empezar, porque seguro lo disfrutará. show less

I was skeptical at first when i picked this book up, because not many people can take over another author's story and rewrite it or sequel it well. Regina Jeffers did an amazing job. The flow of events with Pride and Prejudice was amazing. Her witting style was to me almost flawless there were only a few moments where i was jolted back to modern times with some of the quotes. All in All if you want a great insight into the mind of Fitzwilliam Darcy this is a great book to read.

Every so often I like to read a Not Good book. That is, I pick something that requires nothing of me, that's easy to read and easy to forget. Since I am an admitted lover of Jane Austen's work, I have an unfortunate addiction to all the assorted sequels, variations, and other fan fiction that finds its way into print. Most of it falls into the circle of Not Good.

This does not equal Bad. A Bad book is another creature entirely. I avoid Bad Books. I resist giving them my time.

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One of the best retelling's of Pride and Prejudice out there thus far that i have read, while there are some continuity issues only a true lover of the original with pick up on, the insight and voice of Darcy is one everyone will enjoy

At 560 pages I felt this was a big long, the first 60% of the book took the tale to the engagement of Darcy and Elizabeth which was the more interesting part.
Not too sure that the awful character of Darcy at the beginning of the tale was able to change enough to be acceptable to Elizabeth, but he seemed to change overnight.
I found the post engagement part a bit too 'sweet' for me.

This is a lovely read. It starts off by retelling most of P & P and then goes 2 months into Darcy and Lizzy’s marriage. You can see how much they really love each other and some very funny parts. This is a small series by Regina Jeffers and I am looking forward to the next book.

I really loved this book. I always wondered what was going on in Darcy's head throughout the original novel. This book gives you that in a way that is faithful to the original but has its own flair too.