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Title: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Deluxe Edition (Quirk Classics)
ISBN: 1594744513
Author:
Seth Grahame-Smith
Publicate Date: 2009-10-21
Publish: 2009-10-21
List Price: $24.95
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: Amazing idea. clever read
This was awesome, much more exciting than the original, although I loved the original very much. The original work is a wonderful story with a great plot. However, the way it was written was terribly slow and I only appreciated it after reading it in a class that dissected it and revealed it's hidden treasures. I think this version was the same except that it boosts you through the slow parts like a cannon with it's crazy additions. It was not scary, it did not make me sick, and it was not too zombified. I felt it was classy and strong. I recommend the book to anyone that tried to read the original version but failed due to the pace.
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2: Good Stuff
I admit that I was very reluctant to read this book. I abhor the abominations that dare call themselves sequels and rewrites of Jane Austen. Embarrassingly enough, I loved this book. I think Jane would have approved of the new and improved Miss Bennet and her katana. I loved Collins and Catherine De Bourgh (the famous slayer of the unmentionables). And even Darcy was made more sexy (is it possible?) by his skills with the sword. It was really a delight to read and I recommend it to any Austen fan that has a sense of humor.
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3: Brains. Braaaaains. Braaaaaaaaaaains!
Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice" is a great literary work, but it's also ponderously written (in the style of the times) and, if you're not a fan of elaborate chess-match courtship stories (as I am not) and don't geek out on the subtle details of early-19th century upper-class social interactions (as I do not) there's not a whole lot to hold your interest unless it's assigned reading in your literature class. Adding zombies, ninjas, and lurid depictions of unbridled carnage goes a long way toward broadening the book's appeal, and it took real "braaaains" to integrate the new text into the original so seamlessly. The joke eventually wears a little thin, but it's still more fun than a barrel of zombies. You'll never look at Jane Austen, or cauliflower, quite the same way again.
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4: A fun read.
Clever dialogue and lots of zombie silliness. A great way to spend a rainy day.
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5: GREAT Idea, But Not Enough Zombies
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.
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