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Jul 13, 2009
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The idea is SO wonderful and original, and there are lots of legitimately laugh-out-loud parts. But there were just as many lines that made me roll my eyes, that read like poor high-school fan-fiction, or were just so horrifically violent that I couldn't completely enjoy the book. I really liked that some of the reasons for things happening in the original book are zombie-related (Jane taking a horse to Netherfield in the rain, for example), but some of the non-zombie storylines just seemed so o
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Read the first three chapters and it was very "Mad Libs" - maybe it gets better, but I don't think I'll take the time to find out. If I were a high school student assigned to read Austen, I'd get a real kick out of this, but I'm not, so I didn't.
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Let me start by saying I am a Pride and Prejudice fan, not a zombie media fan. That said, I really enjoyed reading this. I thought it was too funny to add something like zombies (and Ninjas! of course there are ninjas!) to this delicate-etiquette story but was also impressed at how smoothly the author accomplished it.
I don't know if it is as funny to someone who does not know the P/P story. It may read a little strange for non-fans, but it may also serve as an introduction to a completely diffe ...more
I don't know if it is as funny to someone who does not know the P/P story. It may read a little strange for non-fans, but it may also serve as an introduction to a completely diffe ...more
Of course there are zombies, but the best part is that Lizzie Bennet, and all her sisters, are like ninjas! They have super fighting skills and Lizzie is a super-cool badass. Of course, the original story is so good that played a huge part in why I really liked this creative re-telling. About 80% of it is the original Austen wording. This version spices it up a bit and makes some classic scenes quite funny. I listened to this on audiobook and the narrator has so much enthusiasm for the story tha
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LOVE the idea... love the changes made... how he weaves the zombie plot in, changes tone and character motivation but leaving 80% of PaP intact. It's the original material that I just didn't want to read... sorry, not a Austen lover...
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Silly but strangely it works....eighty percent original Austen text mixed with a problem of zombie apocalypse. Not much of a thinking novel but funny.
I'm determined to read this book, just because my wife is so disgusted by the very idea of it (yes, she's a Jane Austen die-hard). I'll let you know what I think!
Well, now that I have read this book, here is my opinion. I am not a horror movie or zombie fan, but I did enjoy this book. My wife couldn't stand the things I told her about it, but the honest truth is that it made me want to read "Pride and Prejudice". So it can't be that bad, right? ...more
Well, now that I have read this book, here is my opinion. I am not a horror movie or zombie fan, but I did enjoy this book. My wife couldn't stand the things I told her about it, but the honest truth is that it made me want to read "Pride and Prejudice". So it can't be that bad, right? ...more
Fun and funny for the first 1/4 or so of the book, but then I just got bored and couldn't finish it.
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I've read Pride and Prejudice once and it kind of bored me. This made it quite a lot more interesting.
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