For all the hilarity and spoof-ness of this book, I'm still giving it four stars for creativity. I thought the book would merely insert zombies every now and then to Austen's prose, but the author actually created a world in which a zombie plague exists. The characters' behaviors and histories all change accordingly: the Bennett sisters have been trained in the "deadly arts" by a master in China. A walk to town means to have swords and muskets in hand in case they are attacked. Elizabeth is still headstrong, and even more fierce as a deadly warrior against the "unmentionables" and somebody who would kill someone if her honor was crossed. The militia's main purpose is to protect the countryside against the zombies.

The fates of all the characters are similar yet different - most drastic being that of Charlotte Lucas and the annoying and dreadful Mr. Collins. Mr. Wickham's actions are even more deplorable and updated to be more specific.

As the original P&P is one of my favourite books, and one I've read countless times, each detail changed was interesting and usually led to me laughing out loud. The great thing is that the main storyline, the love story of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, though changed in some basics, remains just as good. There are zombies all over this book, but it makes sense - it was so strange to realize that.

Oh, and Darcy makes tons of double entendres about balls (the ones you dance at and the ones men have). I think I cracked up the loudest at these moments.