Pride and Prejudice and Zombies discussion

I started the Zombie book and so far so good. I did not finish Dracula...could not get into it. But I feel I might be at a disadvantage reading this as I never read the real Pride and Prejudice! So I'm not sure if I need to quit reading this and read the real book. Any suggestions?

Krecord wrote: "I started the Zombie book and so far so good. I did not finish Dracula...could not get into it. But I feel I might be at a disadvantage reading this as I never read the real Pride and Prejudice! ..."

I had the same dilemma. I have read Pride and Prejudice (a long time ago). I have decided to re-read Pride and Prejudice and read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies in parallel -- one chapter P+P and then one chapter P+P+Z. I think it will be a good way to get the humor.

I think you will enjoy it more if you read first Pride and prejudice and then this one.

I read Pride and Prejudice first, and therefore think this one was rubbish. I would probably have enjoyed it more had I not read the original before, though.

I don't think you need to read P&P first to get the humor. The humor doesn't play strongly off of the original plot, only off of the juxtaposition of geneel society vs. zombie mayhem, and that's intact in P&P&Z. If you start noticing plot holes that bug you, you may want to do as Sheila mentioned doing and read them side by side. I know P&P almost by heart, and I'm not sure it made me like its successor any better. It probably made me more critical, and I disagreed with some of the editorial choices. The one bit of humor I really liked was the modern responses to irritating people and comments that the original, of course, would never have had.

Michelle wrote: "The one bit of humor I really liked was the modern responses to irritating people and comments that the original, of course, would never have had. "

Those were the few good moments, IMO - along with the illustrations. The rest just seemed uninpired rip-off of the original adding and subtracting some sentences here and there - not at all what I expected, hence my disappointment.

On a side note, there is a Graphic Novel version, which I personally think also failed miserably, mostly because, after producing brilliant mock-period illustrations for the book, they went for modern drawing in the GN. Such a shame.

João wrote: "Michelle wrote: "The one bit of humor I really liked was the modern responses to irritating people and comments that the original, of course, would never have had. "

Those were the few good moment..."

I knew about the GN, but I hadn't seen it yet. Maybe I won't. That's too bad about the art style. Yo're right that mock-period illustrations for the it would habe been brilliant.

I'd say the art in the GN fails not because it comes off in a modern sense but because it comes off unfinished. The art in the book looks like it's maybe one or two steps before being actually done. If your familiar with comic art what it kind of looks like is the rough pencil work before it's been inked by the inker.

I don't think that you have to read Pride and Prejudice before you read this book. I have never read Pride and Prejudice all the way through and the book still makes sense.

I don't think you have to read P&P first, but I think it will be the reason why people will like this book. I did not like Zombies at all. I felt like the author copied the text by changing some words here and there and added zombies to make it seem original and therefore would make money. I was not impressed. I would suggest reading the original.

Haven't read the original but judging by the movie I wouldn't have enjoyed it, so I wasn't interested.

I loved Zombies though. I felt like the author copied the text by changing some words here and there and added zombies to make it more fun and less boring. Actually I'm sure that's what he did.

I haven't read the original PP and loved PPZ!