Sandi's review
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, Book 2) by Jasper Fforde
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 so would spoil this book, the preceding book, and the following book. I will say that, unlike "The Eyre Affair", "Lost in a Good Book" does not stand on its own. You must have read the first book to understand it. Then, you will have to read the next book to get any resolution. (I rather suspect that there won't be any resolution in the next book either.)
Now, I rarely read series. It's even more rare for me to read books in a series back to back. But, Jasper Fford is such ...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 so would spoil this book, the preceding book, and the following book. I will say that, unlike "The Eyre Affair", "Lost in a Good Book" does not stand on its own. You must have read the first book to understand it. Then, you will have to read the next book to get any resolution. (I rather suspect that there won't be any resolution in the next book either.)
Now, I rarely read series. It's even more rare for me to read books in a series back to back. But, Jasper Fford is such ...more
Yes, I've read the first three but I got sidetracked with other books. There are five so far I think and I do want to read #s 4 & 5. They are fun. I read fewer series since joining Goodreads but I am used to series and to books not necessarily being self contained.
I actually started the series because it sounded interesting. I picked up the 5th one on Borders' Buy One, Get One Half Off table. After I bought it, I found out that the series has to be read in order. So, I got "The Eyre Affair". I have all the volumes on my bookshelf, but I have to get some other reading in before I start them.
Actually, I read a few books in between 1 & 2 and 2 & 3. I think 5 in a row could actually be tiresome, even though I love them. Just my opinion.
