Bernie Su

If you are a fan of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, you will like this book. If you were not a fan, you probably won't. If you had never heard of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, stop reading this review right now and go here and start watching.

I listened to the audiobook of this, read by the talented Ashley Clements, and it was amazeballs. She got each characters' voice down perfectly. It was so awesome.

This book complements the YouTube series, and I loved the behind-the-scenes looks to events that we did not see on-screen, while at the same time still including stuff that happened in the series. It was lovely and it made me want to marathon watch it all again.… (mere)

As a standalone book, I do not know how I would rate this. However, as a fan of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries YouTube show (which, in its own right is going to be appealing to fans of Pride and Prejudice who like modernizations), this was a great supplement.

This is one of those books that got better as it went along. The earlier entries followed the videos pretty closely. Later, the text starts giving insights to what was going on behind the scenes that enrich the original. This is not because the book is badly written. Rather, this difference showcases the strengths of the different media. Early in the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Lizzie shared rather indiscriminately. However, as the story progressed and she grew, she became more aware of where the line between public and private should be. This means that the show, necessarily, failed to show a lot of details about what was going on which the diary captures. (In other words, oh, that is what happened with Jane and Bing. I see.)… (mere)