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Sto caricando le informazioni... Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls (Quirk Classics) (originale 2010; edizione 2010)di Steve Hockensmith, Patrick Arrasmith (Illustratore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This didn't work for me. The first few pages seemed promising. Then it flipped into full kung fu ninja mode and completely blew me out out of the period. Just silly. Don't get me wrong. I like absurd. I like funny. I kind of liked Jane Slayre. But there was nothing here to make me care enough about what was happening to endure it. ( ) Incredibly silly. That's really all that can be said about this. And what I liked most about P&P and Zombies, the fact that it was the orginal JA text with some zombies added in, wasn't in this book at all. Obviously. It was fun, and entertaining to read, I guess. I'm getting a little tired of this particular trend, though. This review originally appeared at RevolutionSF.com: “And if you preserve genteel English womanhood while serving up genteel English women as so much steak tartare, I would say that you have most definitely lost." Dawn of the Dreadfuls is technically a prequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, giving us the story of how the Bennett family came to be the people we met therein. It gives us the first return of the unmentionables to Meryton, and the beginnings of the ly martial arts training of the Bennett s. We also get hints of romance, with two suitors each for Jane and Elizabeth. Hockensmith does an excellent job creating younger, more versions of the Bennett s and he does equally well in showing their growth. We meet a young Elizabeth Bennett who's still smart and feisty, but who is much more open to romance than she would later become. And we see the hopes and disappointments that lead to her mistrust in love. We learn more of Mr. Bennett and the first invasion of the unmentionables, and we even get to see a new side of the impossible Mrs. Bennett. But Hockensmith is especially adept at creating the foppish, stupid, arrogant, and downright evil people who look down on the Bennett's, especially Elizabeth. Who knew just how satisfying it would be to see all of those stuck-up, classist, horrible, horrible people eaten by zombies? I know my high school English classes would have been a lot more fun (and more people would have paid attention) with a judicious application of zombies. If Hockensmith can figure out a way to off Heathcliff and Catherine in this same delightfully gross way, I might just ask him to marry me. The writing style is just as -on as in the first book, so if it gave you troubles there, it's likely to do so again. But the rewards of the story itself are worth the effort. If you liked Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by all means give this one a look. But even if you didn't read it, even if you never read Jane Austen in your life, if you like your stories full of action, romance and a dark sense of humor, you'll still enjoy this tale of love and zombies. Oh, this one was much better than the first P&P&Z. Maybe it's because Jane wasn't actually involved. Or maybe it was because I didn't already know the general direction the story was taking. Either way, this was a fun read. And really, that's all that matters to me when the weather is warm and the sun is shining. To read my review of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith, please go to: http://www.myshelf.com/horror/10/dawnofthedreadfuls.htm
The absurdity of melding the paranormal with the beloved characters of Jane Austen is an unexpected mix.
When a funeral at the local parish goes strangely and horribly awry and corpses suddenly spring from the soft earth, only one person can stop them. As the bodies pile up, Elizabeth Bennet evolves from a naive young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead in this prequel to "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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