I must say that, in general, zombies freak me out. I mean they seriously freak me out. It doesn't matter if they are moving at the speed of slug like in Night of the Living Dead (which I will never watch all the way through ever since catching the last 15 minutes) or the speed of road-runner like in 28 Days Later (which I will never, ever, ever see). I prefer my zombies with a substantial dose of humor as seen in Shawn of the Dead and, more recently, Zombieland. However, despite my aversion to them, I prefer my Jane Austen with a substantial amount of zombies. It doesn't hurt that there's also plenty of ninja action as well.
So this book is fun. Super-fun in fact. It remains true to the original story and writing style while creatively phasing zombies and ninjas into the text without it being too weird (it's still pretty weird).
As much as I like it, though, it took me a long time to finish. Perhaps if I had never read the original I would not have had such a problem, but the book still seemed to drag, especially toward the end. Like the original book, I just wanted to get to the end.
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