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This book is one of those books that sweeps the best seller list not because its touching or deep, but because its quirky and you just can't stop thinking about it once you see it on the shelf.

It was an excellent book. I never was able to get through Pride and Prejudice, but somehow, with the ten or so scenes with Zombies and the occasional mention of the manky unmentionables made this rather dry regency classic so much more tolerable. Elizabeth was not only a more interesting character, but I found all the characters had taken on a different light when they were sword wielding and strong.

Although there are long portions of the book that are as dry as the source material, the constant zombie action scenes really helped keep a story that generally felt like a bunch of talk and silliness interesting and fun.

Has anyone else read this book, or are you reading it? Would anyone be interested in possibly discussing the questions in the back of the book? I think that would be a fun activity.

I've heard of it, and I didn't know if it was worth reading at all or not. But it sounds good, so maybe I will. 3nodding I'll come back and let ya know if I do..

I read it and loved it. I think that having read the original first made it much more enjoyable for me. I love them both in their own ways, though I probably favor the original more. Thoughts I had while reading the first book, like the fact that Elizabeth should have just punched Lady Catherine in the face when she was being such a stuck up b***h, got acted out in full wonderful violence which was insanely gratifying.

It's probably way better when looked at as a parody, than as a zombie book. The zombies come off as pretty lame, and are really just a device in order to create an alternate England in which the author could mess around with the social expectations and behaviours some. For creating such a disruption in England they seem so easily dispatched and held at bay. There are way better zombie books, but as a parody this book is amazing.

There were points where I felt that it got a little too over the top. Namely with Charlotte Lucas after she married Mr. Collins. I thought her condition was just kind of too ridiculous and overplayed and her mumbling was really annoying. She still could have gone through the same thing, just in a slightly more subtle way that would have been a lot less annoying. Wickham's injuries were also kind of over the top annoying, but they bothered me less because he thoroughly deserved it.

The image of a katana wielding Elizabeth was just plain awesome. <3

i've never even heard of this until now.
whoa. lol talk about strange. there's tons of them...mostly about Darcy being
a vampire...alright then. i'll have to give it a try and see if i like it.

Do you mean "seams" sewn together, or the actual word 'seems'? Because I didn't really notice any passive language, although I'm bad at catching that.

Anyway, I thought it was an excellent book in that they were these society people that were totally bloodthirsty and very violent, which just made the story fascinating. I mean, they're talking about ninjas, being trained in China versus Japan, killing zombies, working on serums, whose brains have been eaten, and oh, of course, who fancies who.

It's really funny. If you haven't read it, I definitely recommend it. I was laughing from the first sentence. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." The actual quote is something like, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a tolerable fortune must be in want of a wife."

rofl