Helpful Score: 5
I was very disapointed in this book...I couldn't even finish it. It was recommended to me by a Border's employee. It started off good but I quickly found the sea monster storyline becoming increasingly annoying and ridiculous.
Helpful Score: 4
I'm surprised at the reviews, seeing as I thought this a much more witty and involved storyline than P&P&Z.
It's hard to write a review without comparing this book to its counterpart. Overall, this storyline was more what I was looking for (a total re-imagination of Sense & Sensibility, this time with sea monsters) rather than simply a few changes to the text (making Elizabeth and her sisters into ninjas).
In this book, Sense and Sensibility is transformed into another world (an under-water world, at that) and is re-shaped into something closer to the fantasy tale a lot of people are looking for when first researching this new genre.
While I do not think that this is some masterpiece to be put on a pedestal, I have to say I rather enjoyed it and think that most fans of Jane Austen and fantasy with feel the same.
It's hard to write a review without comparing this book to its counterpart. Overall, this storyline was more what I was looking for (a total re-imagination of Sense & Sensibility, this time with sea monsters) rather than simply a few changes to the text (making Elizabeth and her sisters into ninjas).
In this book, Sense and Sensibility is transformed into another world (an under-water world, at that) and is re-shaped into something closer to the fantasy tale a lot of people are looking for when first researching this new genre.
While I do not think that this is some masterpiece to be put on a pedestal, I have to say I rather enjoyed it and think that most fans of Jane Austen and fantasy with feel the same.
Helpful Score: 3
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, with no sudden appearances of monsters that felt like they were just stuck in the story as fillers. The characters were fun and I found myself cheering some on while wanting to see others be eaten by sea creatures. There, of course, was a bit of blood and gore and the humor was dark and really quite funny. Sadly, the book ended much too soon, as I really enjoyed reading Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. I hope Quirk has plans for more of these in the near future.
If you haven't read this book yet, please add it to your must reads. It is a nice fun read that will certainly perk up those winter doldrums!
If you haven't read this book yet, please add it to your must reads. It is a nice fun read that will certainly perk up those winter doldrums!
Helpful Score: 3
I was so disappointed with this book I couldn't even finish it. I had previously read "Pride & Prejudice & Sea Monsters" by Seth Grahame-Smith and thought it was great because it was close enough to the original to let you actually envision the characters, yet twisted enough to make it humorous. This book does not deliver what I had hoped for in a parody from this publisher.
I had wondered how they would manage to add sea monsters to a story like "Sense & Sensibility" and keep it interesting and entertaining like "P&P&Z" was to read. It turns out that this author couldn't deliver what Grahame-Smith did in his remake. This was more like one of those crappy juvenile parodies that are really nothing like the original except for the names and a few well-placed quotations.
Overall, I was sorely disappointed to have wasted my money and I'll have to make sure if something like this is published again, to only purchase it if it is by Seth Grahame-Smith and NOT Winters.
I had wondered how they would manage to add sea monsters to a story like "Sense & Sensibility" and keep it interesting and entertaining like "P&P&Z" was to read. It turns out that this author couldn't deliver what Grahame-Smith did in his remake. This was more like one of those crappy juvenile parodies that are really nothing like the original except for the names and a few well-placed quotations.
Overall, I was sorely disappointed to have wasted my money and I'll have to make sure if something like this is published again, to only purchase it if it is by Seth Grahame-Smith and NOT Winters.
Helpful Score: 2
I made myself finish this novel, but it was hard. Not funny, and the author tried too hard to be funny.
