the unbelievable pride & prejudice & zombies

i can't believe i'm posting this, but it was too unbelievable to pass up. my cousin got a book for Christmas entitled, "pride and prejudice and zombies" by jane austen and seth grahame-smith.

i can't believe i did it, but i had to sneak a quick look through the first couple chapters. interesting. not sure whether the concept of merging classic literature with zombies is original (or could even be considered original), and it seems so profane...but if nothing else the book is at least intriguing (in a morbidly clever sort of way). it is labeled as a 'quirk classic', but whether it can retain the 'classic' label is still up in the air. though i can't honestly review the book (only having read a few pages) i found the premise laughable. and a good laugh may be the only true purpose of this book (whether it was the author's original intention or not). grahame-smith tries to keep the language, time period, and setting the same or similar, but his character descriptions sound like a poor cut-and-paste job. which leads me to believe that his character development (which is my favorite characteristic of austen's novel) will be slightly lacking and finish off any chance of elevating this edition to the time-tested shelves of classic lit. but the thing that puzzles me the most is the question of audience. who's going to read this stuff?

i can't believe it, but i just looked it up on our public library website to see if it's available. me! that's who's going to read this stuff. wait. no! it's got to be a waste of time! reading this would be more embarrassing than admitting my tendency to revert back to "hardy boys" when i just need a break from thinking too hard. and what gets me is that i'm not even really into zombies and horror...

i can't believe i'm having to fight the urge to read this book, and that i'm actually disappointed that it's not available at the library...not even in circulation. whew. saved. i think i can avoid reading it as long as it's not lying around nearby. my world has been saved from zombies...for now.

i can't believe i'm even saying that...