Overall, I liked it. I've never read the original Pride and Prejudice, but I'm willing to bet I'd hate it because I absolutely HATE the language Jane Austen uses. In short, it's too smart for me. But this book combines that hated Austen dialogue with ZOMBIES OMG YAY! So I REALLY enjoyed the zombie bits!
Also, I loved that the sisters were trained fighters. All of the references to their training in China, their old master, the "Seven Cuts of Shame"--I loved it, and I'm wondering what was in their place in the original? What did Elizabeth do all day in the original, since she wasn't training or playing games like "Kiss Me Buck"?
Back to zombies: one of my favorite passages is when the sisters witness a baby zombie with it's caretaker--another zombie. Elizabeth decides not to kill them, she decides to show a little mercy. I absolutely loved that part, maybe because there was really no reason for it in the general story--it's like it was a little tangent, a little window into something else, and then we're back on "Pride and Prejudice". Sure, it did serve the purpose of showing Elizabeth is capable of kindness even in the face of a horrible monstrosity, but we pretty much already knew that about her.
I'd like to read more of Seth Grahame-Smith's work. Something with more supernatural, less Austen.
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