Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Yawn. I thought that this was going to be a very comedic parody. What I actually read was an American trying to be too English and focusing on Austen’s plot and style with too much gusto. The zombies and slayings were just a side-line in between scenes. The only part that made me laugh was the fictional sermon at the end of the book and it’s a shame that this wasn’t included somewhere in the main story. Presumably the Bennets must have attended church at some time in their lives as English village life dictates that they must; if only to seek out gossip or exhibit themselves. Or perhaps society has condemned god-fearing folk to remain indoors for their own protection. There’s no context of how the zombies suddenly came to be; the book assumes that they were always ever there. There certainly weren’t enough action chapters for this reader, and it seems that we’ve been conned into re-reading an English classic.
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