Reviews

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Deluxe Heirloom Edition by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

summerrains's review against another edition

you either love it or you hate it. i hated it. there is a possibility, and while i think it is a slim one it is still there, that zombies could be forced into the world of jane austen. this narrative does not accomplish it. the writing is like very poor fan fiction, there’s a lot of culutral appropriation and insensitivity, and the way in which the women are written (by a man) does not feel genuine. i think this book does a great disservice to all of the work austen put into trying to write about the female experience in the 19th century and turns it all into a stupid joke. i was not going to waste my time trying to finish a novel that was taking so much and giving me nothing. 

stacydodds's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

liza_minelli_lies's review against another edition

2.0

there’s also ninjas???

chewie's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I think the characters are less likeable than the original, I think the character assassination for Mr Bennett and Mrs Gardiner most of all wasn't necessary but given the circumstances I guess were plausible...
The grim fates for Mr Wickham and Mr Collins were absolutely not expected and even then I don't find myself thinking it was justified even though they are very insufferable characters. 
Mrs Bennett and Lydia were still very annoying but I found myself being surprised that Lydia didn't just leave Wickham and genuinely loved him, I actually ended up feeling kinda bad for her.
Still, easy to read and just kinda silly. I'd wanna eventually read the next one and find the Sea Monsters one (which I was unaware wasn't written by the same guy!!)

scrapbookbug's review against another edition

4.0

TOO TOO FUNNY

mentallyhilarious's review against another edition

4.0

I confess i haven’t read the original (though I knew the gist going in) but I have never been one to resist zombies. It started out slow for me but I found myself more and more engrossed in the book the further I read. Would definitely recommend to someone who loves period pieces & zombies (though there wasn’t enough of there latter imho).

macyashby's review against another edition

4.0

I've never read a zombie book before, so it's hard to make any valid qualifications on this one. Nonetheless, I very much enjoyed it. The general ridiculousness of some of the situations, coupled with Austen's prose style was very entertaining.

persephone0000's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

megnets's review against another edition

3.0

DNF - I literally have 20 pages left and it's been sitting in the back of my car for a month. Putting this aside and hopefully will come back to finish it up soon. I just lost all motivation for it

_shonahenderson's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5