Strangely, I prefered the sequel of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies much more than the original. Was it the graphic descriptions of violence? The freedom the writer gained when released from the constrains of the original novel? The variation of authors that made the writing style more interesting? I don't know, probably all these things. But I really like this book.

I wasn't impressed. It had none of the delightful parodies and plays on Austen's writing but felt just like the author was trying to buy into a fad.

not as good as the first one

I had some really high hopes for this book and was genuinely excited to receive a free copy through the Firstreads contest. That is where the good news ends.

Not only and am I somewhat of a zombie-book-virgin, but this is where I also admit that I’ve never read Pride and Prejudice. I just never had a desire to read it. So perhaps I am giving myself a slight disadvantage to understanding this book for two reasons. I’ve never read the original Pride and Prejudice and therefore would not see the humorous connection (if any) and I’ve never read any zombie books which would cause me to miss humorous connections (if any). This book was meant to be funny, right?

I managed to read the first 150 pages or so but just felt bored. I was not engaged in the story line or interested in the zombies even after reading half the book. Maybe it would have been cooler if the book were written through the zombies’ perspective. Or maybe the Bennett’s should have been the zombies.

It sounds like, from a few reviews that I’ve read, this book is not the best selection for a first time Zombie-reader. Since I can’t stop thinking about all the other books that I would rather be reading I will have to mark this book as “abandon” with one (sad) star.

Is it okay to abandon books? I have really tortured myself with leaving a book half read but I just have no interest. Would reading the entire book change how I feel?

Not as good as P&P&Z but it wasn't too bad.

While I enjoyed the first Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the prequel just didn't do it for me. This book was more about the training of the girls and about martial arts and really, that's just not my thing. It was entertaining, but I didn't finish it really.

This thing starts off really awesome. Mrs. Bennet is especially awesome.

The book is a prequel to [b:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|5899779|Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|Seth Grahame-Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569929s/5899779.jpg|6072122]. The action takes place about 5 years before the beginning of P&P&Z and documents the advent of the most recent zombie scourge. Netherfield is inhabited by the pompous cad, Lord Lumpley who is interested in conquering Jane Bingley. When zombies are sighted in the town of Meryton, Master Hawksworth comes from the mysterious "Order" to train the Bennet girls to be zombie-fighting warriors.

The whole thing goes great gun until the end. The author seems to have written himself into a corner. As a prequel, he has to be sure that no characters he invented for this book lives, since they are clearly not in the next book. Unfortunately, they all die horrible, gruesome, stomach-turning deaths.

Also, the action of the climax takes place at Netherfield Park. The fact that the Bennet girls experience such horrific events at this house makes it unlikely that they would be in a hurry to return to the same house for a dinner invite in the next book.

I was so thrilled to receive this through the Goodreads Giveaway section. I didn't even know I'd won, and when I got the package, I had to read it immediately. I loved Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, since it was shockingly funny and wonderfully unexpected. This one didn't quite come up to par, though, I'm sorry to say. I wanted to like it, but I never had a real connection to the story. I didn't think that the author was quite true to the characters, and there was a lot less action. I wonder if it would have been better if the story took place back when the wars first started, and Lady Catherine De Bourgh and Mr. Bennet were young warriors. In any case, the book did make me want to read the original again. By the way, the ending was very disturbing, which I'm sure the author intended. I will be thinking about the box and it's contents for some time, and having an occasional shiver all the while.

A delightful end-of-semester palate cleanser. "Bad zombie! Bad, bad zombie!"

I must admit, after my thorough enjoyment of PP&Z I had rather high hopes. Perhaps a bit too high, because while I did like Dawn of the Dreadfuls, it lacked the charm that its precursor had. Without Jane Austen's words to play with, the story becomes a fun romp through a Regency-era England with zombies lurking around every corner and in every pond- but I was not delighted, merely mildly entertained.

The book could have stood alone easily enough, had the names of the main characters been changed. I think I should have liked it better that way... it seemed to me as if Miss Austen's characters were not acting true to themselves.

I received this book for free through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program.