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A review by inciminci
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen, Ben H. Winters
3.0
Well, that was silly.
Regency Era England has been marked by a phenomenon called the Alteration which "turned the creatures of the ocean against the people of the earth; which made even the tiniest darting minnow and the gentlest dolphin into aggressive, blood-thirsty predators, hardened and hateful towards our bipedal race; which had given foul birth to whole new races of man-hating, shape-shifting ocean creatures, sirens and sea witches and mermaids and mermen; which rendered the oceans of the world naught but great burbling salt-cauldrons of death."
In this utterly hostile environment Austen's famous Dashwood sisters not only deliver wisdoms and witty conversations on the nature of relationships and men, they also fearlessly battle vengeful fish, mutated crustaceans and other abominable sea creatures.
Seriously though, this book is fun, but somehow the idea of the book is more fun than the actual realization, if you know what I mean. Every time I sat down for a read I started feeling as if it is too much for me and it actually took me a long time to finish it. I have read "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", which follows the same principle, before and was smitten by that book, which had such a nice flow. So I was expecting the same impact from this one too. I don't know to what degree that might have been the case because I prefer "Pride and Prejudice" to "Sense and Sensibility" but anyway, it was a fun read nevertheless.
Regency Era England has been marked by a phenomenon called the Alteration which "turned the creatures of the ocean against the people of the earth; which made even the tiniest darting minnow and the gentlest dolphin into aggressive, blood-thirsty predators, hardened and hateful towards our bipedal race; which had given foul birth to whole new races of man-hating, shape-shifting ocean creatures, sirens and sea witches and mermaids and mermen; which rendered the oceans of the world naught but great burbling salt-cauldrons of death."
In this utterly hostile environment Austen's famous Dashwood sisters not only deliver wisdoms and witty conversations on the nature of relationships and men, they also fearlessly battle vengeful fish, mutated crustaceans and other abominable sea creatures.
Seriously though, this book is fun, but somehow the idea of the book is more fun than the actual realization, if you know what I mean. Every time I sat down for a read I started feeling as if it is too much for me and it actually took me a long time to finish it. I have read "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies", which follows the same principle, before and was smitten by that book, which had such a nice flow. So I was expecting the same impact from this one too. I don't know to what degree that might have been the case because I prefer "Pride and Prejudice" to "Sense and Sensibility" but anyway, it was a fun read nevertheless.