Can't Do It

-Anna

She delivered a vicious blow, penetrating his rib cage, and withdrew her hand - with the ninja's still-beating heart in it. As all but Lady Catherine turned away in disgust, Elizabeth took a bite, letting the blood run down her chin and onto her sparring gown.

This is the point at which I decided I was finished. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies would have to go on without me. I could no longer give my time to something so ridiculous. I can only hope that my future readings of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will not be marred by the graphic and parodiable inserts of Seth Grahame-Smith.

So, I haven't read PaPaZ in its entirety, but if you want my opinion anyway...see below.

1. I am slightly annoyed that this cut and paste version of Pride and Prejudice made the New York Times' best seller list. Really? So anyone with Ctrl C/Ctrl V power, zombies, pus and ninja terms can tack onto Jane Austen's dialogue, character development and storyline (something I might add she had to write out with quill and ink probably by candlelight) and get best seller? Sure, Jane Austen's name is on it, but it's not her book, her vision, or consent.
Still, if that's all it takes to gain a bestseller, I'm thinking Jane Eyre and Aliens. Anyone?

2. I was willing to be intrigued by PaPaZ because I read a review that labeled it as an adventure. I was thinking Lewis, Tolkien, Rowling. I was not thinking graphic video game. I wasn't reading a novel, I was reading a game concept for X Box. X button = Lizzy sidekicking zombie. Y button = Lizzie beheading zombie. X,Y,X,Y, dead, pustilous zombies and gore.

3. Who? Who are these people buying this, liking this, making this a best seller? Ahhh, I see. They are mindless zombies feeding on the disembowled entrails of Jane Austen's masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice.