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Monday, May 31, 2010

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith

I tried........I delayed, and yet my weak will collapsed.  I Bought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.  I was wholly enchanted by the cover.  Giddy with anticipation of zombie mayhem combined with the goodness of Austen love.....I delved into the depths of England overtaken with Satan's army.  I don't care who you are, this is a good idea.  If you feel now that you should stop, and possibly have my ability to be literate held behind lock and key with Federal Marshals at ready........well you are living on a nut farm and I do not wish to visit your parched and dry life there.

Austen alone is well worth the read for most women.  But add puss, vomit, and brain craving zombies and you now have a book worth making room for in your purse.  Tote this with you and read whenever possible.  After headily trying to recall which bits of this novel were original.....I said, "To Hell with it."  This is the way it was surely intended to be.  Darcy is much more palatable when weilding weaponry.  His standoffish and uptight behavior seem nearly manly and desireable when accompanied with musketry. And lo and behold, Miss Elizabeth Bennett you are now my hero.  Able to slay the undead with out the blink of an eye.  To use all manner of sword, dagger, gun and physical prowess to take on the stumbling zombies of the English countryside.  And as Mr. Darcy is humble enough to profess his true feelings of love.......Elizabeth will hear none of his amore......she beats the holy tar out of him.  Heaven help us all, this is how Pride and Prejudice was meant to be.
Here, the proper use of pus and vomit..."As dinner continued in this manner, Elizabeth's eye was continually drawn to Charlotte, who hovered over her plate, using a spoon to shovel goose meat and gravy in the general direction of her mouth, with limited success.  As she did, one of the sores beneath her eye burst, sending a trickle of bloody pus down her cheek and into her mouith.  Apparently, she found the added flavor agreeable, for it only increased the frequency of her spoonfuls.  Elizabeth, however, could not help but vomit ever so slightly into her handkerchief."

Rating 4.5   Loved it!  The only detraction was the original writing which can get wordy when you just want some vomit, zombie whoopin', and Darcy to finally make his move.
Rating PG   Bloody zombie killing, zombies eating people, vomit, ninjas, and one point where Elizabeth returns the balls belonging to Darcy's weapon and there is sexual inuendo (which was funny:)  ).

1 comment:

Mystial Batwoman said...

Just finished it and freaked when I saw your post! I have tried and tried to find someone to talk to about it. Everyone I mention it to looks at me like I'm a crazy woman...or a zombie :)My kids were scared of the cover so I had to turn it over during my reading breaks but I totally want to frame it for halloween :)My favorite part was Charlotte knawing on her hand during dinner!