i read this book like, two years ago... ok, that's a lie because it was published in April of 2009. but still, it's been a while.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
I love zombies. And I love early 19th-century England. I don't particularly like Jane Austen, though. Her books are mostly only good for putting me to sleep. This "version" of Pride and Prejudice was, however, quite entertaining. There was enough action that it made me want to keep reading, and FINALLY I was able to really understand what Austen was really saying in this book. It all makes sense now.
There are a lot of other review for this book, and the others like it [Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and Android Karenina], but they're all mixed. So my opinion is that it's a hit-or-miss. I've read a lot of reviews where people say that it's too cliche, that Grahame-Smith is just using the new zombie trend to make a few bucks of of someone else's writing. Frankly, I've got to hand it to these creative thinkers over at Quirk Classics. I thought it was clever and amusing. I would definitely recommend this book and its counterparts to anyone who loves the original stories and is up for a laugh.
Oh! and I heard they were going to make a movie based on the prequel Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls. THAT should be interesting!
No comments:
Post a Comment