Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

The Classic Regency Romance — Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem

Paperback, 319 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 2009 by Quirk Books, distributed in North America by Chronicle Books.

ISBN:
978-1-59474-334-4
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OCLC Number:
311684437

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2 stars (8 reviews)

Great first line, it had to be polished, “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”

Zombies and katanas give it the zing the original, tedious novel lacks. Everyone is happy in the end, except for those who deserve a bad end--and the people who turn into zombies.

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1 star

I finished this in agony. The dialogue is witty at times, but always at such a boring, inconsequential level. Most of the conversation is about how agreeable or disagreeable this or that person is, and while Austen tries to address this superficiality with the character of Mr. Darcy, his character arc is extremely superficial in its own way. Actually, this dickhead very predictably turns out to be a very kind, lovely and agreeable man once you get to know him.

The characters are boring. Mr. Darcy makes the very predictable transformation from total dickhead to precious darling in basically the snap of a finger. Elizabeth's only character trait seems being a smart-ass. Jane is a gullible fool. Mr. Collins is ugly and disagreeable. All Mrs. Bennet ever worries about is marrying her daughters. And Mr. Bennet doesn't ever give a shit about anything, except his daughter Lydia being …

Subjects

  • Parodies, imitations
  • Fitzwilliam Darcy (Fictitious character)
  • Fiction
  • Zombies
  • Sisters
  • Young women
  • Social classes
  • Elizabeth Bennet (Fictitious character)

Places

  • England