Thursday Next, literary detective and registered dodo owner begins her married life with the disturbing news that her husband of only a month drown...
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Sep 05, 2009
Jon
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3.5 stars
Thursday Next is happily married, pregnant, still working as a Literary Detective in SO-17 and the toast of the town of Swindon for her work in the case of The Eyre Affair. But all is not cookies and cream for long. Landen is eradicated by Goliath Corporation to blackmail Thursday into retrieving one of their employees incarcerated in Poe's The Raven. And as if that's not enough, her rogue chronoguard father warns Thursday the world will be consumed in pink gooey slime in More...
Thursday Next is happily married, pregnant, still working as a Literary Detective in SO-17 and the toast of the town of Swindon for her work in the case of The Eyre Affair. But all is not cookies and cream for long. Landen is eradicated by Goliath Corporation to blackmail Thursday into retrieving one of their employees incarcerated in Poe's The Raven. And as if that's not enough, her rogue chronoguard father warns Thursday the world will be consumed in pink gooey slime in More...
May 05, 2008
Lena
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Though I'm not generally a big fan of book series, the Thursday Next books are really growing on me. This second book picks up shortly after The Eyre Affair ended and follows Thursday as she again tangles with Goliath, tries to figure out why she is experiencing life-threatening coincidences, and begins to learn more about the fine art of book-jumping.
Though character development does not seem to be Fforde's priority and the bad guys in particular a little too thinly drawn, the un More...
Though character development does not seem to be Fforde's priority and the bad guys in particular a little too thinly drawn, the un More...
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Jan 27, 2012
Tracey
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Checked out Lost in a Good Book after refreshing my memory of Thursday Next by re-reading The Eyre Affair. [later purchased this]
The second book starts with Thursday as a semi-newlywed, continuing her work with SpecOps 27, the Literary Detectives Division. In between giving unwilling interviews, being harassed by Goliath and determining whether a newly-discovered play really was by Shakespeare, she is introduced to the Department of Jursifiction; run by those in the bookworld to make s More...
The second book starts with Thursday as a semi-newlywed, continuing her work with SpecOps 27, the Literary Detectives Division. In between giving unwilling interviews, being harassed by Goliath and determining whether a newly-discovered play really was by Shakespeare, she is introduced to the Department of Jursifiction; run by those in the bookworld to make s More...
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Feb 01, 2012
Petra
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A helluva lot of fun. I didn’t mean to read this book right now. Having been rather lukewarm about the first book in this series, I wasn’t sure whether to continue but some have said the series gets better. I thought I'd scan the first few pages and decide what to do.
Then, like Thursday Next, I fell into this book. It was clever, delightful; entertaining with lots of plot twists and turns, including an end-of-the-world scenario.
Miss Havisham is interesting. She’s assertive, in charg More...
Then, like Thursday Next, I fell into this book. It was clever, delightful; entertaining with lots of plot twists and turns, including an end-of-the-world scenario.
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Mar 02, 2009
Judy
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I'm in love with this series although I apear to be reading them out of order. This is the second in the series, and Thursday Next, who works as a Literary Dtective in Special Ops, has just her ground-breaking work in The Eyre Affair (she ended up changing the ending from Jane moving to India to Jane staying in England and marrying Mr. Rochester). Thursday is the talk of the town and Special Ops Public Relations wants her to do everything from television appearances (highly censored) to a poss
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Oct 14, 2008
Sandi
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Curses! About 40 pages from the end, I had to run out and get the next book in the Thursday Next series, "Well of Lost Plots." This book doesn't have an ending! Even worse, I got sucked up into it and had to keep going.
"Lost in a Good Book" is the sequel to "The Eyre Affair" starring spec ops officer Thursday Next. To say that Thursday's life is complicated is an understatement. I'm not going to get into the plot or characters of this book. To do More...
"Lost in a Good Book" is the sequel to "The Eyre Affair" starring spec ops officer Thursday Next. To say that Thursday's life is complicated is an understatement. I'm not going to get into the plot or characters of this book. To do More...
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Jan 14, 2008
Martine
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The second book in the Thursday Next series provides more literary fun for those who are into that kind of thing.
Thursday's exploits in Jane Eyre have made her a bit of a celebrity, which means she has to make regular appearances on TV. Not everybody likes her, though; a mysterious foe keeps trying to kill her, her husband of one month has been eradicated from history and if that weren't bad enough, her time-travelling father tells her Armageddon is at hand. So not only does Thursda More...
Thursday's exploits in Jane Eyre have made her a bit of a celebrity, which means she has to make regular appearances on TV. Not everybody likes her, though; a mysterious foe keeps trying to kill her, her husband of one month has been eradicated from history and if that weren't bad enough, her time-travelling father tells her Armageddon is at hand. So not only does Thursda More...
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May 04, 2008
Lisa
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While I didn’t feel quite the same extreme sense of glee about the final parts of the book as I did with the end the first book in the series (The Eyre Affair), the events toward the end of the book were, once again, exceedingly clever. And: I think that I enjoyed this book even more than the first one, which is saying a lot. I’m also thrilled because several people have told me that the next/third book in the series is their favorite so far; I believe that there are 5 now. I’m therefore very ea
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Nov 18, 2010
Skylar
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Although some of the novelty of Thursday Next's world has worn off by the time the reader reaches this sequel to The Eyre Affair, Fforde adds enough new treats to keep the book feeling almost as fresh as its prequel. The humour is as sharp as ever; indeed, Lost in a Good Book may be even funnier than Fforde's previous novel. The book is an easy read and is just fun. It narrates every bibliophile's childlike fantasy--the idea of being able to travel through books. There was one flaw in the wo
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Dec 01, 2008
Jan
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If you like reading, you will love Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series. Set in an alternative history of England (and the world in general), where 27 levels of Special-Ops monitor everything and the mega-corporation Goliath is waiting to take over the world, it follows Thursday's adventures as a Litra-Tech apprentice of Miss Havisham of Great Expectations fame.
If you like books, spies and England and fantasy, this is a must read. Be sure to read The Eyre Affair first. More...
If you like books, spies and England and fantasy, this is a must read. Be sure to read The Eyre Affair first. More...
Dec 28, 2008
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Sequel to The Eyre Affair. Literary Detective Thursday Next is dealing with her sudden fame, pregnancy, the eradication of her husband from the timeline in order to force her to work for megacorp Goliath by going into books, the thing where someone is trying to kill her, her training as a Jurisfiction (hee) agent to ensure the integrity of books, and the impending end of the world.
Weird, fun, metafictional. Thursday slides in and out of books and her brand of reality, and there are s More...
Weird, fun, metafictional. Thursday slides in and out of books and her brand of reality, and there are s More...
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Aug 15, 2011
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This is one of those books that I wanted to like so much more than I did. Hell, it's one of those books that I feel like I should like more than I do. I mean, with the little literary cameos and the wry humor (and occasionally groan-inducing puns), with the jumping through books and really just the whole thing - it should be right up my alley. But it just doesn't work for me.
Part of it is that I feel it has a little bit of the Un Lun Dun problem - it seems more a showcase for all More...
Part of it is that I feel it has a little bit of the Un Lun Dun problem - it seems more a showcase for all More...
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Sep 28, 2008
Tim
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Well, as far as I know, this is the first time I've jumped into a series in its second book, and I can't help but think that this hurt me a little. I wasn't aware the extent to which Fforde's world is in an alternate reality, and I'm sure there are several nuances that would have seemed less "hinky" had I allowed him to bring me in at his own pace. The subtleties of SpecOps and the proliferation of self-allusion made book 2 a place that I was slow to warm up to. However, as fellow r
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Sep 07, 2008
Corprew
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This is a great book and deals with a lot of fiction and metafiction issues skillfully without degenerating into a fourth-wall-breaking wankfest. I highly recommend it for light reading, although it deals with a bunch of theoretically complex issues, it doesn't deal with their complexity, and instead builds itself on the model of a suspense novel.
Fforde's skill at writing makes this a real page-turner.
The only issue with the book is that some of the wordplay is tied to t More...
Fforde's skill at writing makes this a real page-turner.
The only issue with the book is that some of the wordplay is tied to t More...
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Nov 14, 2007
Trouble
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Jasper Fforde uses sci-fi/fantasy in an unusual way - if you generally don`t enjoy all that "crazy futuristic stuff" or "elves and wizards" stories but are still willing to give something not-entirely-realistic a try, you may enjoy his writing. The pacing tends to be rapid, and there`s enough of everyday reality that those who aren`t hardboiled fantasy fans will be able to hold their own without too much trouble - in most cases.
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Nov 06, 2010
Ben
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This is a fascinating literary universe created by the wily welshman Fforde. I find the tech he develops in his imagination spefically for Thursday's universe to be most fantastical. The Prose Portal in the first book has many possibilities and Akrid Snell's footnoterphone is the most inventive application of footnotes ever seen. Oftentimes, I find footnotes fairly useless. Pratchett's footnotes are great as funny asides, and Fforde's application of private conversations through foot notes with
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Feb 23, 2008
Gail
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A small disappointment after "The Eyre Affair". The hook or gimmick, that of an alternative reality where literature has a huge impact on humans' lives, apparently only holds up for one novel. I thought the first book was cute, innovative, and funny. Here the jokes became worn, the hook repetetive, and the characters just boxy and one-noted.
The plot, which apparently is going to go on a la Harry Potter, involves Thursday trying to rescue her loved ones and herself. Just not very More...
The plot, which apparently is going to go on a la Harry Potter, involves Thursday trying to rescue her loved ones and herself. Just not very More...
Apr 14, 2007
Anna
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Oh, this is brilliant! Much better than book 1, ( The Eyre Affair), this is nerdy, imaginative and completely insane. There wasn't a chapter that didn't make me giggle, and there wasn't a single person who understood when I tried to explain what was so funny. Fforde knows his stuff, and, being done with awkward character intro, lets the wacky loose. It's a fast, easy read that despite that leaves quite an impression. The only minus is a complete lack of plot resolution, we have to wait for the n
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Nov 21, 2010
Joffy
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Jasper Fforde ci trascina nelle avvincenti avventure dell'agente speciale letterario Thursday Next per il secondo episodio della saga partita con 'The Eyre Affair'. Tra bookjumpers, grammasites( parassiti dei libri che si nutrono di grammatica come gli aggetivovori), i cattivi della Goliath Corporation, la dickensiana Miss Havisham che guida come una squinternata qualsiasi veicolo a motore e vecchi e nuovi personaggi both fictional and non-fictional, la nostra eroina si trova a fronteggiare un'i
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Mar 28, 2009
Breann
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I dove into this book without having read its predecessor and, although there were times I found myself mildly confused, it's not impossible to do.
The plot is well developed and builds itself upon the intriguing idea (logically presented in the first book) that the characters of the world's written works (both beloved and loathed) lead lives within and betwen their bound homes in "The Great Library." Our protagonist, Thursday Next, works for a branch of the government devo More...
The plot is well developed and builds itself upon the intriguing idea (logically presented in the first book) that the characters of the world's written works (both beloved and loathed) lead lives within and betwen their bound homes in "The Great Library." Our protagonist, Thursday Next, works for a branch of the government devo More...
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Nov 04, 2011
Felix
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Нет ничего более приятного, чем незапланированный визит в книжный магазин. Когда ты заходишь в него вечером по дороге с работы, стряхиваешь с перчаток снег, ныряешь в бесконечные полки словесного мусора и неожиданно находишь новый том Джаспера Ффорде. Вау! Ты сразу удивляешься и вскидываешь брови. По непонятной причине всего пять минут назад ты был абсолютно уверен, что вторая книга этого автора никогда не появится на русском языке и вот – вуаля! - она уже лежит в твоих руках. Радось.
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Jul 28, 2011
Lee
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Oh boy, do I hate books that leave me with a big "To Be Continued" sticker plastered right across the end credits. And this book does it in spades. Almost nothing is resolved, no narratives threads are pulled closed, and I was left feeling conned beyond words. Not to mention, I find it hard to care about characters whose names make it clear hat we're to view them as little more than cheap jokes: I can't be threatened by anyone called Jack Schitt or Shitt-Hawse. It's just too much like
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Jun 14, 2011
Sarah
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Jasper Fforde is just a spectacular author. His first book stunned me with its creativity. His second book doesn’t just continue in this creative world – it expands on it. Here is a man who doesn’t allow his imagination to be limited in any way and thank the Lord he’s an author. While obviously not as fresh as the first book (there’s nothing like the first introduction to an alternate universe) “Lost in a Good Book” completely makes up for it. Although I am unfamiliar with Miss Havisham, having
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May 11, 2011
Algernon
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Super fun for book geeks like me. Even if I am unfamiliar with some of the books and characters mentioned here, as in the first Thursday Next book, I had no problem laughing out loud on occassion and following the plot. Having read this after Christopher Moore's "You Suck!" it is interesting to note the different approaches to creating humorous situations. Moore relies rather heavily on teenage angst and sex jokes while Fforde borrows from the English tradition of word play, absurdism
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May 01, 2011
Book Concierge
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Thursday Next is back for her second adventure in literature. Fforde does a good job of merging science fiction, fantasy, and literary references into a uniquely imagined 1985 London landscape. In addition to her pet dodo, Pickwick, Thursday also interacts with Neanderthals and goes on an outing to witness the mammoth migration. Then there’s the newly discovered long-lost Shakespeare play, Goliath corporation’s need to retrieve their senior executive from Poe’s The Raven (see the first book in t
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Apr 18, 2011
Sara
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In his second book featuring Thursday Next, author Jasper Fforde takes us on another wild journey, weaving together reality and the impossible in an inconceivably funny alternate 1985. You would think that after single handedly defeating the third most evil criminal, Acheron Hades and ending the Crimean War, that Thursday Next, SO-27 operative, had earned a little rest and relaxation. Instead, she finds her husband eradicated by Goliath and a corrupt ChronoGuard and herself an apprentice Prose
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Apr 10, 2011
Angela
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Her adventures as a renowned Special Operative in literary detection have left Thursday Next yearning for a rest. But when the love of her life is eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath Corporation, Thursday must bite the bullet and moonlight as a Prose Resource Operative in the secret world of Jurisfiction, the police force inside books. There she is apprenticed to Miss Havisham, the famous man-hater from Dickens's Great Expectations, who teaches her to book-jump like a pro. If she ret
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Apr 08, 2011
Libby
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How do you even describe a Thursday Next book. The Wall Street Journal describes these books as combining elements of Monty Python, Harry Potter, Stephen Hawking and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I think that is the most succint way to explain a book that really is inexplicable. Thursday Next lives in an alternate reality where time travel is possible and literary characters are the most important people in history and everyday life. In a world like that, my talent would be truly appreciated.
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Jan 12, 2011
Lis
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This is the second of the Thursday Next adventures. While I enjoyed the first one, The Eyre Affair, and even though, or perhaps because, Jane Eyre is one of my favorite books, I wasn't blown away by it to the same extent that oth ers seem to have been. I was perfectly happy to pick up this second book, but I did so hoping that the tiresome features of the first, including the pointless bathroom humor of many of the names, would not overwhelm a thin story in an alternate world that really doesn't
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Dec 30, 2010
Karissa
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This is the second book in the Thursday Next series. So far there are five books in this series with a sixth book "One of Our Thursdays is Missing" schedule for a March 2011 release date. This was a wonderful book. Not a super easy read, but very different from anything else I have ever read. You got a society very focused on books and book crime, time travel, travel through books, a little fantasy, a little mystery, a little sci-fi, and a lot of humor. A great addition to this series.
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