Nada A. reviewed on 5/2/2011 + 1389 more book reviews

Pride and Prejudice is perhaps one of my favorite books ever. Surprisingly, I enjoyed this version also. I do not really see this as a horror version, however. More like a farce. The contrast of the Regency England time period to the zombie hunters is so extreme that it was just funny - for example, stopping a lady from participating in the hunt so that her gown would remain clean, ninja style duel between Lady Catherine and Elizabeth.

The main points of the story are fairly similar as is the text itself again keeping the focus on the original story and the "horror" minimal relative to the story. I found myself comparing the two versions and looking for where the changes had been made, for example the discussion of the "ladies" zombie hunting skills v. skills in the piano/embroidery/etc. Some of the changes were bizarre - characters using sexual humor which is out of context for the period, the entire story of Charlotte and Mr. Lucas, the fate of Mr. Wickham.

Overall, it was still just a fun book to read.

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