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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)

Jasper Fforde

Start date: January 19, 2023

Finish date: February 19, 2023

Discussion: Buddy Reads 2023

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What Members Thought

Nov 12, 2019 Heli rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, historiallinen, e-kirja, huumori, time-travel, fantasia

I had a hard time getting in to the book. In the end it was very entertaining and I enjoyed all the bookish remarks. The alternate history was interesting. The Crimean war was still going on having lasted over hundred years already. And Wales had declared independence and was now the People's Republic of Wales. And how they jumped into books and met the characters. Thursday Next was an awesome heroine. She was not afraid of anything or anyone - well maybe Acheron Hades a little - and she faced e ...more

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May 30, 2024 Jess Penhallow rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own-ebook

This was a strange but fun book. I liked the humour and the unexpected places the plot went. The world that was created is so bonkers and maybe it got a bit too silly at times but I enjoyed the adventure and the whole concept of literary detectives. I really warmed to Thursday, it was nice to read genre fiction with a slightly older protagonist and I think I will read more of this series particularly if I'm in the mood for something a bit silly. ...more

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