Without an understanding of Jane Austen, and a joy of zombies, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith is not a novel for the masses. If lacking a sense of humor, this probably isn’t the book for you either. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies reads like a Jane Austen novel, it reads as if it were a zombie novel written in the late 18th century. Each scene is filled with Jane Austen, from the first meeting of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, where he is rude, and Jane gets to dance with Mr. Bingley, but the scene ends with “unmentionables” attacking, and the Bennet sisters performing the “Pentagram of Death.” Not only do the Bennet girls have to worry about marrying well, but they most also focus on keeping themselves alive and keeping up on their Chinese training in martial arts. To make the book even better, there are illustrations.
For those who do not like Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies turns a literary masterpiece into a very enjoyable piece of literature.
Overall, it was a very good book. Also, my reviews will get better and longer the more I do it.
