book review

[erilyn]

I am terrible at picking my favourites of things: favourite movie, favourite book, favourite song etc - I hate trying to do it.

But I would have to include Pride and Prejudice amongst my favourite books, so I finally got around to reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I've been wanting to ever since I first heard about it.

Alas, I hated it. It's a vaguely interesting concept that is wasted by the lazy author, who thinks that people puking and lame single-innuendos (which get even less funny as they are repeated) are how to keep things interesting. I wouldn't have been impressed if this had been written for a Remix challenge (though why I have higher expectations of something that is still fanfic, even if it is professionally published, is my own failing).

I think I need to cleanse my palate with some real P&P, though I can't re-read the book just yet. Maybe I'll watch one of the four different versions we have on dvd - but which one?

Comments

[trumpeterofdoom.livejournal.com]

The BBC one with Colin Firth, DUH.

[saba1789.livejournal.com]

I just watched the BBC version with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth so I vote for that, even though it's of course kind of epically long.

Also, have you read Pemberly, Inc. (http://thedwg.com/derby/olda/cherylk2.htm) yet? It's P&P set in the 90ies and I really quite enjoyed reading it :) .

[saba1789.livejournal.com]

Hee! I got the special edition of this at Tesco during Camp (for only 7 Pounds!!!) and I just watched it last weekend with a friend. We squeed so much! :D

[littlerhymes]

Bah to all these zombie/sea monster/whatever remixes!!

Love the Ehle/Firth of course, but the Keira Knightley version is very pretty and over in a couple of hours if you're pressed for time.

[special-trille.livejournal.com]

I too hated P&P&Z. In fact, I didn't even finish reading it. But I don't have any literary high ground here, because I freaking adored Mr Darcy: Vampyre.

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

I thought it was funny for the first few pages, but soon realised the guy has two jokes. Only two. And he really loves them. Puke and peen.

[talietha.livejournal.com]

Ya know at one point I thought I was the only one who loathed this. When it came out every review was just so "Isn't it wonderfully funny...etc."
I did wonder if we were all reading the same book. I couldn't believe it was just so CRAP! So amazingly UNFUNNY! And to do it he had to really screw with the characters.

Watch the Liz Garvie & David Rintoul version.
Considering they didn't have a decent buget this is an interesting adaption.
Then again I fell for David Rintoul when I watched it as a hormonal teen.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

yay, someone else who knows and likes the 1980 version! :)

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Sadly, it lived up to your warnings about it.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

I'm not claiming literary high ground, I think it could have been good, if someone else had written it.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

That is definitely the advantage of the Keira Knightley or Garson/Olivier movie adaptions :)

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec, I haven't and will have to check it out :)

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

See for me, it isn't automatic to turn to that one (though it is probably my fave), cause they all have their strengths :)

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

I've eyeballed it, but P&P is like.. My absolute favoritest book ever (next to North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell and Rebecca) and I just can't bring myself to do it.

[erilyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, don't do it, you'll most likely regret it IMO.

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it. I'll definitely steer clear.