Book review

I just finished reading Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. I must say, I enjoyed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies much more than SSSM. PPZ was just more, um, realistic? I can buy into the idea of zombies and ninjas, but the idea that Regency-period Britons could erect a domed city on the ocean floor was too much for me. Plus, the author gave Colonel Brandon a squid face. He deserves more than that.

What impressed me about PPZ was the cover: dual authorship. Jane Austen was given full credit. The book was 85% Austen and 15% Grahame-Smith. SSSM gave no credit to Austen (at least in the Kindle version- the paperback gives her top billing). This book is strays awkwardly far from the original text. The best part of the book was the bonus section at the end- Book Club questions for discussion.

I have on my Wish List The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Zombie Jim: Mark Twain's Classic with Crazy Zombie Goodness. It will have to wait for now. I'm going to start Mr. Darcy, Vampyre. Sadly, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is not available for the Kindle. (Same author as PPZ- should be good.)

(I realize I am posting this on April 1, but I assure you, in all earnestness, these are REAL books.)