Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith’s “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”

I wanted to like this book, but all I found was a disappointment. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is arguably her best novel. The efficiency of plot, in particular, creates a challenge to anyone attempting to insert zombies. But Seth Grahame-Smith does just that. His contributions, the sparse occurrences of ‘ultraviolent zombie mayhem,’ clash with the Regency Period prose, essentially substitute riches with beauty or training in the deadly arts, and pervert the story’s primary romance. Jane Austen would undoubtedly enjoy this novel if it was convincing, but instead she’s probably rolling in her grave. Save your brain! Read the original.