A review by mareliweb1
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Deluxe Heirloom Edition by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

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

1.0

This book was a clever idea but not very well executed. At first it was amusing how little adding the zombies to the book changed the story. But further on, it just seemed like lazy writing. The whole story was the same with the inclusion of a few zombies and changing some lines. The only thing the author seemed to change was the characters personalities. Elizabeth is represented as a great warrior who is unnecessarily cruel to the zombies. Darcy is not the awkward person we see in P&P but is also a cruel person. In P&P there was a lot of nuance with people emotions. Jane Austen didn’t need to spell out what characters were feeling in order for readers to understand but in P&P&Z the author spells out a lot of the emotions. This was an unnecessary inclusion. 
Additionally there was a lot of unnecessary violence in this book. There was a lot of beating of characters that was never expounded upon and seemed to be thrown in just because it was a zombie novel and so there must be violence. Overall I wish the zombies added more to the storyline and that the characters were represented better. There also didn’t need to be as much violence apart from the zombies. 
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