When I saw that Cheryl Klein had posted her review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (P&P&Z), it reminded me that I hadn’t posted about my thoughts on the book.

I got my copy of the book in audio form because I needed something new to listen to at  work (got to love audible.com). I enjoyed the narrator, the formal tone she used made me laugh at the  “unmentionables”.

Spoiler Alert

I thoroughly enjoyed the first few chapters. The zombie fight in the middle of the country dance was amusing. I couldn’t help but laugh envisioning the Bennett sisters as Shaolin warriors decapitating and slaughtering zombies. I enjoyed the way that the author seemed to just insert the zombies without altering much of the story in the beginning.

As the story went on, the alterations became more frequent, more annoying, and just not needed.  When the author chose to make Charlotte Lucas a unskilled, non-fighter, I questioned why Elizabeth would be such good friends with her.

The author use of honor as a way of starting fights was really quite annoying and just didn’t fit the characters. Elizabeth seemed to become a violent cold killer and that didn’t match the rest of the story. When the Darcy’s first proposal became a physical fight between the two, it lost all the effect of Elizabeth’s words. Lady Catherine’s ninja’s and propensity for violence seemed to lose the false elegance that she had in the original novel. I would forgive the changes if they enhanced the story or made me laugh, but they did neither.

So what is my final verdict: Great try, but not a bullseye.