Gina L. (Fanatic) reviewed on 7/6/2009 + 27 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

I read Pride and Prejudice about 6 months before I bought this book. I liked the original enough to keep it on the shelf, but I certainly wouldn't have listed it as a favorite. When I saw THIS version, I got it because it seemed perfect for someone life me, who loves classic literature and who has participated in 3 or 4 zombie-related activities during the last year... Humans vs. Zombies, Zombie-Walks (for charity!), etc.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much of Pride and Prejudice ...more I read Pride and Prejudice about 6 months before I bought this book. I liked the original enough to keep it on the shelf, but I certainly wouldn't have listed it as a favorite. When I saw THIS version, I got it because it seemed perfect for someone life me, who loves classic literature and who has participated in 3 or 4 zombie-related activities during the last year... Humans vs. Zombies, Zombie-Walks (for charity!), etc.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies adheres to the original novel. It is, in fact, the same manuscript you've come to know and love, just with a few things modified or added so that a fierce war with the undead is involved. For instance, the first line of Pride and Prejudice is, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." If you've read the original, you'll appreciate this slight tweaking of the first line.

This book is so close the the actual Jane Austen novel that I think if you read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, you can still say you've read Pride and Prejudice. As long as you can figure out which parts not to mention - for instance, any section involving katanas, battles with the "unmentionables", or copious amount of blood - while talking about it, no one would ever know.

So, if you've ever started Pride and Prejudice and been unable to finish or if you just really like zombies, I definitely recommend this book. It's quite good.

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