Laurie S. (LaurieS) reviewed on 9/15/2009 + 504 more book reviews

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Though I'm sure I should have, I did not read the original version of this novel, nor viewed the movie adaptation of it before picking up this zombie-fied version. In all honesty, I was never interested enough in the original to seek it out and only heard about this version on a horror website. I know, I know. . . Sorry excuse for a reader I am.

With that being said, I wish I had read the original first so that I could pick apart what was original and what was added/modified to accommodate the plague of "unmentionables" and I think I ruined much of the fun of the book for myself reading it cold. But as I enjoy zombie novels and the occasional regency romance this was still a fun read. I do think it was a mistake to market this on horror groups. Die hard horror/zombie fans will more than likely fail to stick with it because it is very much a comedy of manners/relationship novel with a bit of horror in the background. It took some concentration in the beginning to grab hold of all of the characters and keeping straight who was related to and courting who. There were too many cousins and visitors and whatnot but eventually I caught on.

The book seemed a bit disjointed at times and for me it was all too easy to put down but I got through it and am glad I did because there some were some very funny moments.

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