Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

3 reviews

ruthee's review against another edition

I was so looking forward to this, but it was a complete let down. 

How could it be any more boring! I mean, there are zombies, but no real zombie action. They felt too much in the background to the story to add anything, either excitement or humour. 

The rewrite of the characters made them so unpleasant, that I became disinterested in them and their fates. 

And the pejorative/derogatory terms, fat shaming, and verbally abusive relationships really detracted from, and took me out of, the story. And prefacing the character of a 15 year girl as a ‘temptress’ was just gross. 

The narrator (Katherine Kellgren) was very good and probably the only reason I got as far into it as I did. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Vomit

nutm3g's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I read this for a book club and had high hopes for it since I enjoyed the original novel as well as the film adaption of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. This is one of those rare cases where the movie is far better than the book, which hurts me to say. While I know this is a comedic horror retelling of a classic, I assumed the characters' motives and beliefs would stay in line with that of the original, but it really strayed in that aspect. There were a lot of things that occurred that left you thinking "what?" with little to no explanation. The zombies almost seemed haphazardly slapped into the story at times, and the fight scenes were brief with little to no action or believability (which to be fair the book is comedy centric). The several mentions of self-harm ("atonement" in the book) and casualness in which a suicide is brushed over left me feeling uneasy. If asked, I would not recommend this book to anyone and instead tell them to stick to the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Vomit, Hate crime, Excrement, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Child death, and Classism

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

grace17's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Ableism

Moderate: Death and Toxic relationship

Minor: Self harm