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'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.' So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry? Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd actually want to read.
GREAT Idea, But Not Enough ZombiesReviewed by SusanS, 2010-03-03
I read about this book, and being a secret Pride and Prejudice fan,
I was excited to read a parody/send-up of it. However, while I
enjoyed the fight scenes, the additional characterization of the
sisters and Darcy, and the depiction of Charlotte (I won't say any
more), I was quite disappointed with the arc of the zombie plot
line. There's a reason that Pride and Prejudice has remained
popular for almost 200 years: it's a pretty dang good story on its
own. If one is going to add a significant storyline, such as
zombies taking over England, as part of the plot, there should be a
similarly exciting arc to the zombies as to the love story. I kept
waiting for the stakes to rise in the zombie plot, and they never
did.
So, it's a good read overall--witty, great additional details, and
some wonderful imagery, but honestly, it really just made me want
to read Pride and Prejudice (the non-zombie version) again. But
maybe that was the point.
Meh. I wish I had borrowed it from the library.Reviewed by Sean Mccreery, 2010-03-01
I was excited about this idea. I rarely buy books in advance. I usually borrow them from the library, or read part of them in the store, and then buy them if I like them. But this idea seemed so interesting I ordered it outright. Wrong idea. It is ok. But it is also boring. Pride and Prejudice itself is actually not boring, and Zombies are also not boring, but waiting for this book to bring something exciting and new and it never really occurring? That is boring. The parts with the zombies, mentioning the zombies, working the zombies into the story is fun for the first 10-15 pages but then nothing really happens. This would have worked better as a new zombie filled drama set in the late 1700s than a Zombie Austen remake because the two genres work calmly against each other rather than feeding off each other. So it was ok but not anything great. I wish now I had borrowed it from the library. I suggest you do the same.
Laugh out loudReviewed by Midget Dogg, 2010-02-27
A friend of mine told me about this book, since he knows of my
amusement with zombies. I thought he made it up, but here it is....
and what a fun book. I bought the Kindle edition to read on my iPod
during the moments at work when I'm waiting for my computer to
catch up to me, and many times I found myself stifling laughter. To
be fair to Austen, I downloaded the real book to and will give her
classic a chance. The base story was enjoyable as well, so I
figured it was only fair. The whole "women must get married to be
happy" theme always rubs me the wrong way, but I'll keep in mind
that it seems it bothered Jane too.
I truly believe if Jane Austen were alive to read this, she would
have loved it.
LazyReviewed by Holofernes, 2010-02-24
Great idea, but in the end probably more fun to write than to read.
And given that a feature of Jane Austen's writing is her attention
to detail, there should have been more care taken with the new
parts. I know it's a joke, but that's no reason to be sloppy.
For instance, the spelling should be either consistently English or
consistently American (would Darcy really write 'Two offenses
...'?); if you travel from Hertfordshire to London you don't arrive
from the South; is the seminary in Kilkenny or Kilkerry, and
wouldn't the most significant part of the journey there from
anywhere in England be the crossing? I suppose none of that matters
to the book's target audience, but it's the kind of thing that
jarred when I read it, and wouldn't take long to fix, if only
anybody could be bothered.
It is an instant classic that is seemless with the originalReviewed by Logan Morwood, 2010-02-22
I was reluctant at first to read the book since it seems like there
is too much going on these days with zombies and vampires, and
something like this gets driven into the ground from over
exposure.
As a fan of Pride and Prejudice, I thought I would give it a try
and see how it is. I could not put the book down. Creating
characters, based on their original, with a twist to give them a
way of combating zombies.
Seth Grahame-Smith did a great job of creating a very rich history
for the characters and dumps us right into the middle of a zombie
infested England. The fun starts there, and never lets up.
I think the title is a little misleading: "Now with Ultraviolent
Zombie Mayhem." There are parts that are violent, and much more
than the original P&P, but it is not all that bad.
If you are a fan of the original, then give this one a try. All of
the classic characters make very interesting new incarnations in
this book, led by Elizabeth Bennett who runs around with with her
sisters killing zombies using Katana blades. Let us not forget my
personal favorite character, Mr. Darcy, who does not disappoint.
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