For the first quarter, the book I read was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The author of the novel is Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen and there are many genres to this 319 page novel, they are historical fiction, horror, thriller, and a bit of comedy.
This novel incorporates many important characters such as the 3 Bennett sisters, but Elizabeth Bennett is the main protagonist along with Mr. Darcy. Mr.Darcy is a bit enclosed about his feelings, serious, and quick witted. Ms. Elizabeth Bennett is smart, brave, strong, and cunning. A lot of women empowerment is portrayed as Ms. Elizabeth Bennett fights off the zombies with her sisters. As for Mr. Darcy, he has a hard time expressing what he feels towards Elizabeth, at first he talks about how manly and unattractive she looked.
Once he catches a glimpse of her fighting off the zombies bravely, Mr.Darcy begins to feel differently about her. Ms. Bennett was able to hear what he had commented on her, so every time she ran into him, she felt anger and disgust towards him. But deep down inside Ms. Bennett knew she loved him even after those rude words said by him, although she did not know how he felt about her, she was uninterested to know till later. There is one suspicious man named Mr. Wickham that tries to captivate Elizabeth's heart, she was enchanted to talk to someone like him. It was soon enough that she noticed there was a rather unpleasant history between Mr. Darcy and Mr.Wickham, rather they consider each other enemies. Someone is planning a mischievous scheme by involving zombies and who could that be?
I did not like how the men in this novel just look at women by their beauty and not for their personality or actions. What I did like about the novel was that the three Bennett sisters took action and did not just sit around and wait for a man to protect them from zombies. Other than that, I thought this novel is fascinating because of the women appearing as strong figures rather than men always saving the day.
The subject matter sounds very interesting, in addition to the characters. The plot sounds very unique, and a fresh take on a worn out genre.
ReplyDeleteI like the twist that this book has on the book Pride and Prejudice. I like how it displays the woman taking action and owning and solving her own problems.
ReplyDeleteThe plot of the novel seems exciting and well put together. I like how there are different genres throughout.
ReplyDeleteThe plot of the novel is very interesting and really like how it shows women taking action.
ReplyDeleteThe Plot of the story seems interesting which makes me want to read the book.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, anything about horror I am not okay, but after reading this is convinced me to try and read it. It seems very interesting and it doesn't show women just standing around helplessly, they get in on the action as well.
ReplyDeleteI like how an interesting twist was added to the novel, but it was still able to keep the love-centered plot.
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