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3.2 AVERAGE
3.2 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was really quite a funny book. I have some qualms about it, but I know better than to bother trying to compare it to the original Pride and Prejudice. I just felt that the "ultraviolent zombie mayhem" didn't really change the framework of the story very much, like I think it was supposed to. It distracted from the focus of the original story a little bit; it changed some details, certainly, and gave half the characters something akin to multiple personality disorder, but it was more of a background element. We never find out its cause, nothing about it is ever solved; it's just....there, a plague that touches down in England and parks itself without explanation or cure. It didn't touch on enough depth to really make this book a really solid story in its own right.
Nonetheless, there were definitely some elements I did enjoy. Lady Catherine was highly amusing:
"Have your ninjas left you?"
"We never had any ninjas."
"No ninjas! I never heard such a thing! Five girls raised at home without any ninjas? How is that possible?"
The plot did get somewhat gruesome - which is to be expected, of course, but I was referring mainly to the parts not involving zombies - such as when Elizabeth cuts out and eats the heart of one of Lady Catherine's still-living ninjas. I'm not sure that was entirely necessary. I did think it was hilarious that every scene which appears in the original book as a verbal argument - Elizabeth telling off Mr. Darcy when he first proposes to her, for example - is turned into a jujitsu match involving fireplace pokers and two-foot Japanese swords.
Overall (just to summarize what I've already said, sorry), this was amusing, a quicker read than the original novel, definitely not meant to be taken as seriously as the original novel, and worth reading, although (aside from my mother, who read the have-your-ninjas-left--you passage over my shoulder and thought it was hilarious) I couldn't specifically say who I would recommend it to. There are some interesting points to make if you want to debate some of the ethics of the Bennets' zombie-lambasting, or the fate of Charlotte and Mr. Collins, or the mental side effects of the girls' heartless/ruthless side, but I'm not going to get into that here. Not a bad book, by my reckoning.
Nonetheless, there were definitely some elements I did enjoy. Lady Catherine was highly amusing:
"Have your ninjas left you?"
"We never had any ninjas."
"No ninjas! I never heard such a thing! Five girls raised at home without any ninjas? How is that possible?"
The plot did get somewhat gruesome - which is to be expected, of course, but I was referring mainly to the parts not involving zombies - such as when Elizabeth cuts out and eats the heart of one of Lady Catherine's still-living ninjas. I'm not sure that was entirely necessary. I did think it was hilarious that every scene which appears in the original book as a verbal argument - Elizabeth telling off Mr. Darcy when he first proposes to her, for example - is turned into a jujitsu match involving fireplace pokers and two-foot Japanese swords.
Overall (just to summarize what I've already said, sorry), this was amusing, a quicker read than the original novel, definitely not meant to be taken as seriously as the original novel, and worth reading, although (aside from my mother, who read the have-your-ninjas-left--you passage over my shoulder and thought it was hilarious) I couldn't specifically say who I would recommend it to. There are some interesting points to make if you want to debate some of the ethics of the Bennets' zombie-lambasting, or the fate of Charlotte and Mr. Collins, or the mental side effects of the girls' heartless/ruthless side, but I'm not going to get into that here. Not a bad book, by my reckoning.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Absolutely putrid.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gore, Terminal illness, Vomit, Cannibalism, Cultural appropriation
Since I'm such a fan of the original, I wasn't sure about this book. But, I was pleasantly surprised! It was a great book and the zombies added a very unexpected level to the original story.
Pride and prajudice and zombies is one of thos book that you can`t stop reading until the end.
Characters are almost the same like in original story but they seem to be more alive. To me the author of the book made them more interesting and with better attitude. Also one of the things that I liked the most is the way that the story changed in some ways (especially how mr. Collins and mr. Wickham ended up). Zombies were incorporated in story like they alweys should have been there.
In the and, I relly liked the story and I woud recommend it to everyone.
Characters are almost the same like in original story but they seem to be more alive. To me the author of the book made them more interesting and with better attitude. Also one of the things that I liked the most is the way that the story changed in some ways (especially how mr. Collins and mr. Wickham ended up). Zombies were incorporated in story like they alweys should have been there.
In the and, I relly liked the story and I woud recommend it to everyone.
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No