[Book/Fiction]: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, reviewed by NiallNai (3/3)

[RPGnet Reviews]

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Neal Dalton's Summary:

Its the literary classic about head-strong Elizabeth Bennet’s growing love for the reserved and plain-speaking Fitzwilliam Darcy set against the backdrop of an early 1800’s England beset by a zombie plague. Oh, and it also has ninjas, kung-fu, and katanas.

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[torbenm]

I'm missing the alliteration of the original title, and I curl my toes at the ungrammatical use of X and Y and Z (it should be X, Y and Z).

It also sounds like the author used the original material to beef up the page count of his book. Taking out-of-copyright material and adding 10-20% original material sounds like an easy way to write a thick book.

[Mikeythorn]

Thanks for the review. I have a copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but have only skimmed through it so far. Oddly enough I haven't started reading it because I have been plowing through the real Pride and Prejudice.

If people are worried about the Jane Austen element I really don't think they should be. I think her writing has universal appeal and has no "barrier to entry" element like some other older authors. Her language is not arcane, it is simple and light (and in places it really sparkles) and I think the stilted and highly regulated social behaviours of Georgian (not Victorian, as the reviewer says) England are a common enough stereotype that most people will understand the various social faux pas as they occur.

[NiallNai]

Thanks for the review. I have a copy of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but have only skimmed through it so far. Oddly enough I haven't started reading it because I have been plowing through the real Pride and Prejudice.

If people are worried about the Jane Austen element I really don't think they should be. I think her writing has universal appeal and has no "barrier to entry" element like some other older authors. Her language is not arcane, it is simple and light (and in places it really sparkles) and I think the stilted and highly regulated social behaviours of Georgian (not Victorian, as the reviewer says) England are a common enough stereotype that most people will understand the various social faux pas as they occur.

Thanks for the correction on the part of Georgian vs. Victorian. I'll readily admit that I'm not familiar with the original, which I mentioned in my review.

If I were to go back and redo my review after reading your comment, I think that I would tell prospective readers that if you are expecting a huge amount of "zombie mayhem" or martial arts action, then I think you'd be really disappointed.

[NiallNai]

I'm missing the alliteration of the original title, and I curl my toes at the ungrammatical use of X and Y and Z (it should be X, Y and Z).

It also sounds like the author used the original material to beef up the page count of his book. Taking out-of-copyright material and adding 10-20% original material sounds like an easy way to write a thick book.

Oddly enough, it isn't that big of a book. Just a little over 300 pages. And it doesn't even look like intimidating from the size of it.

[Jon Finn]

There are sample pages available on Amazon, so you'll have a reasonable idea of how the book will read and, if you're familiar with the original, how much the text and tone might have been changed.