Just with Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, I can't think of this book without cracking up. The ridiculousness of it works so perfectly, and now I couldn't for a moment image the original book without sea monsters and underwater cities.
After reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and loving it, I was really excited to get my hands on this book. It's not quite as good as P&P&Z, but that may be because I like zombies better than sea monsters and I like P&P better than S&S. Winters does a good job of mixing the new Sea Monster part...
Eh, I like the originals too much I guess to get into this. It was just silly to me. I only made it to page 64 and decided I had better things to do. It took 2 weeks to get that far.
Sense and SensibilitySense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen AND Ben WintersJane Austen books have become so popular in recent years that a whole new genre has hit the best seller lists - the Jane Austen spoof....
Quirk Classics has done it again! I absolutely adored "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters"! I wondered if the blend of classic with humor would not be as good this time around, but it was even better than "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". I found that the storyline flowed much more smoothly, wi...
I should mention that I think this whole idea of inserting crazy mythological situations and creatures into the classics is a really genius idea, and I'm trying to come at this from a non-literary-prude angle, even though I study English literature. I very much hoped this book would live up to my ex...
I feel this worked better than its predecessor, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to see exactly how far Mr Winters had deviated from the original text. My favourite line: “But she does every thing well. Have you seen her peel a banana? It is like listening to a symphony.” I shall definitely be lookin...
trailer(fun!) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jZVE5uF24QOooooh - look at the lovely illustrations within - shiny!Opening sentence: The family of Dashwood had been settled in Sussex since the Alteration, when the waters of the world grew cold and hateful to the sons of man, and darkness moved on t...
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