I checked GoodReads, because I couldn't remember, but basically, the happily ever after felt unearned in the context of the dystopian inequality stuff (haven't read the book, so I can't comment), Mostly though (and the reason I'm not reading it), I have heard that the story doesn't do justice to Wentworth/Anne, for all that plot-wise, it's a fairly faithful retelling. The details/the heart of them just aren't there.

And I heard it from someone whose opinion I trust. That, combined with the fact that I'm generally leery of both Austen adaptations AND dystopian novels in general (though, to be fair, I have heard the dystopian aspects are essentially the best part of the book) means I probably will never read it. I just, I love a lot of Austen, but in particular Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, so much in their original form that very few adaptations stand up for me. They just don't. (I also love Sense and Sensibility, but for whatever reason, adaptations of that book tend to work better for me. Actually, adaptations of P&P work better for me in general than adaptations of Persuasion. Just because. I can't explain it. Perhaps it's because there's been so many of them that the law of large numbers states that at least a few must be decent. I just, I'm really protective of these books...)