This mash-up of an abridged Jane Austin original and new zombified content by Seth Grahame-Smith is silly, but not as over-the-top ridiculous as I had hoped it would be. Abridging the original content shaves depth from the characters and themes and leaves the story feeling shallow. This would be fine if the new elements made up for the loss, but the Zombies tend to exist on the sidelines of the story and aren't given enough chance to run havoc with the tale. I also would have like the story better if Elizabeth's nature had been consistent with Austen's original. Grahame-Smith's Elizabeth has a crude and impolitely murderous streak that is at odds with the woman I was hoping to see, particularly as she could have been transformed into a kick-ass warrior without it.
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