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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Deluxe Heirloom Edition by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith
3 reviews
ruthee's review against another edition
I was so looking forward to this, but it was a complete let down.
How could it be any more boring! I mean, there are zombies, but no real zombie action. They felt too much in the background to the story to add anything, either excitement or humour.
The rewrite of the characters made them so unpleasant, that I became disinterested in them and their fates.
And the pejorative/derogatory terms, fat shaming, and verbally abusive relationships really detracted from, and took me out of, the story. And prefacing the character of a 15 year girl as a ‘temptress’ was just gross.
The narrator (Katherine Kellgren) was very good and probably the only reason I got as far into it as I did.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
nutm3g's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I read this for a book club and had high hopes for it since I enjoyed the original novel as well as the film adaption of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. This is one of those rare cases where the movie is far better than the book, which hurts me to say. While I know this is a comedic horror retelling of a classic, I assumed the characters' motives and beliefs would stay in line with that of the original, but it really strayed in that aspect. There were a lot of things that occurred that left you thinking "what?" with little to no explanation. The zombies almost seemed haphazardly slapped into the story at times, and the fight scenes were brief with little to no action or believability (which to be fair the book is comedy centric). The several mentions of self-harm ("atonement" in the book) and casualness in which a suicide is brushed over left me feeling uneasy. If asked, I would not recommend this book to anyone and instead tell them to stick to the movie.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Classism
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
grace17's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Violence
Moderate: Death and Toxic relationship
Minor: Self harm