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blodeuedd's review
2.0
I am going to admit to something that may shock you...Austen's writing can be dry *people gasping in horror* Oh shut it, yes I KNOW I read like a million variations, but *coughs* dry. Dry I say.
Never mind that, well yes do mind that, because that was my problem with this book, it was rather dry. Oh fibblesticks.
But the world was cool, the creatures of the sea, lakes and more have turned into man eating monsters. Everything is out to get you. And in this crazy world the sensible Dashwoods lives and everyone goes on with their business as usual. Oh that servant is making a spectacle of himself while being eaten, look away. How dare he. That I liked, the manners of the time combined with people having to fend of monsters at the same time.
Have some tea, oh and pick up ore and kill the hideous sea monster while you are at it.
But it was dry, and even though it was fun...it was boring and dry. Even when it was fun. Still, would make a cool movie.
Never mind that, well yes do mind that, because that was my problem with this book, it was rather dry. Oh fibblesticks.
But the world was cool, the creatures of the sea, lakes and more have turned into man eating monsters. Everything is out to get you. And in this crazy world the sensible Dashwoods lives and everyone goes on with their business as usual. Oh that servant is making a spectacle of himself while being eaten, look away. How dare he. That I liked, the manners of the time combined with people having to fend of monsters at the same time.
Have some tea, oh and pick up ore and kill the hideous sea monster while you are at it.
But it was dry, and even though it was fun...it was boring and dry. Even when it was fun. Still, would make a cool movie.
bookhoarding's review
3.0
Another fantastic example of mash-up fiction. As a fan of Austen I typically hate any deviations, but this was amusing. I say read it if you want a refreshing look at Sense and Sensibility.
pixie_d's review
5.0
I liked this even better than Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Who doesn't love the seaside.
emjay24's review
4.0
This book is in the same series as pride and prejudice and zombies, which is more famous than this one, but i havent read yet. in college, our library didn't have contemporary fiction, only nonfiction and "classics" so i devoured the jane austin books, as some of the few that were readable for fun. even after all these years, she's a great writer. her book has been adapted by ben winters, and his world, england went through a change, where all the water creatures turned into monsters and became ferocious, hating humans. humans, for their part, eat and use an inordinate amount of fish & water creature food. i dont think i ever heard of them eating anything else, and they ate it in the most ferocious way possible too. given these changes, the story goes on like jane wrote it, only they stop their lives once in a while to get attacked by, and fight, a monster. sometimes people get killed, but they just continue on with their conversations. it really reminded me of buffy the vampire slayer show, where they lived their lives as if they were normal, and even carried on conversations, all while fighting vamps and other monsters and people died all around them. it's got that kind of campy dryness that buffy has too. so, while i started the book with UM WHAT? i quickly got into the spirit of it. i dont think jane austin fans will be displeased (i wasnt) and i do think that fans of the supernatural and weird humor will enjoy it as well. im going to read more in this series.
emrho's review
2.0
This twist on Jane Austen was not nearly as good as the original, and I did not like it as much as [b:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|5899779|Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|Seth Grahame-Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569929s/5899779.jpg|6072122]. It was nice to pass the time, I suppose, but I'd rather just read the real thing.
xmyrin's review
3.0
It wasn't as good as its predecessor, [b:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|5899779|Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|Seth Grahame-Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569929s/5899779.jpg|6072122], but still an enjoyable read, if not as enjoyable as the other. It simply took too many liberties with the variance from the original text that didn't fit with the original's themes or settings.
lunaseassecondaccount's review
3.0
As a successor to [b:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|5899779|Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|Seth Grahame-Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569929s/5899779.jpg|6072122], I felt this one fell quite flat. Although I didn't find PPZ to be a great book, I felt it lived up to the hype somewhat. This one, not so much. It might also be because it wasn't as, uh, true to the source text. Instead, it felt like they had taken the names of the original characters and whacked them into another universe. This could have very well played out in an ice cream parlour set in the 1950s.
I know this might sound quite odd. After all, it's Jane Austen with freaking sea monsters, but I can't help that feel while comparing PPZ and SSSM, PPZ actually retained some of the original touch of the book.
Now, SSSM did have its good points. I actually laughed out loud more with this one than I did with PPZ. Furthermore, I actually felt somewhat invested with the characters. I was actually cheering for Elinor and Brandon to get married (okay, I know that wouldn't have happened, but I can't help but feel that the relationship between those two was actually explored more, what with the malaria and all).
But that was about all. It deviated too much from the original text I felt, particularly with the steampunkesque Sub-Marine Station Beta subplot, the scorpion attacking Elinor's neck and Margaret wut? Okay, I liked the Margaret part, but it all just felt entirely too convoluted.
Ultimately it was a fun read, but PPZ just rates that teeny amount higher in my opinion.
I know this might sound quite odd. After all, it's Jane Austen with freaking sea monsters, but I can't help that feel while comparing PPZ and SSSM, PPZ actually retained some of the original touch of the book.
Now, SSSM did have its good points. I actually laughed out loud more with this one than I did with PPZ. Furthermore, I actually felt somewhat invested with the characters. I was actually cheering for Elinor and Brandon to get married (okay, I know that wouldn't have happened, but I can't help but feel that the relationship between those two was actually explored more, what with the malaria and all).
But that was about all. It deviated too much from the original text I felt, particularly with the steampunkesque Sub-Marine Station Beta subplot, the scorpion attacking Elinor's neck and Margaret wut? Okay, I liked the Margaret part, but it all just felt entirely too convoluted.
Ultimately it was a fun read, but PPZ just rates that teeny amount higher in my opinion.
literallykalasin's review
3.0
Second book in the Quirk Classics series, featuring a combination of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" and the tropes of seafaring stories. It retains all of Austen's language and humour while introducing new content, giving her classic love story a fresh perspective that will appeal to those who don't mind a little horror comedy in their literary fiction.