Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesBy: Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Reviewed by: Kait, 16
Rating: It was amazing!
NO! DON'T RUN AWAY! I SEE YOU FLEEING AT THE SIGHT OF JANE AUSTEN'S NAME AND (WHAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE) THE PROMISE OF A BORING, 19TH CENTURY ROMANCE NOVEL! DON't LEAVE ME! I SWEAR IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK!
Get your skinny butts back here.
I know that there is a certain love-hate relationship that a reader has with Jane Austen. You either love her or you hate her, and most people think there isn't much you can do about it.
THINK AGAIN!
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Zombies for short) has everything my group loves about Jane Austen - 19th century romance, beautiful diction, incredible phrasing, fantastic plot and character development - but then one more thing: ZOMBIES.
And who doesn't love a good tale of romance and pride set in plague-stricken England as the main characters battle hordes of the undead?
So Zombies is the basic story, with zombies flawlessly woven in. Elizabeth is unmarried because she knows that the family needs her and her deadly skills with a katana. Why a katana you ask? Because ninja stars would be just silly!
And somehow Seth Graham-Smith has managed to place zombie bits right in the middle of the some-people-would-refer-to-as-boring-but-I-would-never-because-I-am-a-sucker-for-Jane-Austen parts. He also has 'dug up' some illustrations spattered through. If any of you, like me, fall in love with the book, you can buy the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 2011 Calendar. Each month is a different captioned illustration (in COLOUR no less!). January is a painting of Elizabeth and her sisters forming the Pentagram of Death at the ball to destroy the swarm of undead partycrashers.
How could you not want to read this?
Peace Kids :)
Recommended to: 12 and up
3 comments:
There's a calendar? I only had time to read part of this about a year ago, but I loved it and I've been wanting to finish it. They have Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters now, too.
There are a ton haha, I also have a copy of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer" by Seth Graham-Smith. The guy is brilliant. And yes, my best friend (who I met as a result of Zombies) bought us matching calendars for Christmas. Beast. Friend. Ever.
Yes, I've seen that one in stores. I guess Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee were vampires.....
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