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Hey! Everyone! This is a pretty awesome literature nerd's playground. :)
I kinda expected something like a UF first-person mystery novel with magical elements where characters jump out of the pages of books and make a mess of things, or vice-versa, where we jump in and make a hash of a perfectly good story, but I didn't expect the novel to have a lot of complicated character elements in our main characters, a nicely complicated plot ...more
Hey! Everyone! This is a pretty awesome literature nerd's playground. :)
I kinda expected something like a UF first-person mystery novel with magical elements where characters jump out of the pages of books and make a mess of things, or vice-versa, where we jump in and make a hash of a perfectly good story, but I didn't expect the novel to have a lot of complicated character elements in our main characters, a nicely complicated plot ...more
Mar 18, 2019
Cheryl
marked it as xx-dnf-skim-reference
Second attempt, this time for irl book club. Got to p. 76 and just got tired of how clever it all is. I don't like mysteries, so the fact that this is, under the world-building, just another airport kiosk thriller didn't help.
Interesting to see how many other books the blurbs and praises compare it to. Adams' Hitchhiker irreverencies I can sorta see... but Harry Potter? Ah, no, not so much. ...more
Interesting to see how many other books the blurbs and praises compare it to. Adams' Hitchhiker irreverencies I can sorta see... but Harry Potter? Ah, no, not so much. ...more
What fun is this! Silly in a lot of ways, I still found this book to be well thought out and humourous.
Thursday Next is a Special Ops detective in the Literary Forces. Yup. And when the words to Martin Chuzzlewit start changing, Thursday is on the case.....just the premise is hilarious.
Thursday Next is a Special Ops detective in the Literary Forces. Yup. And when the words to Martin Chuzzlewit start changing, Thursday is on the case.....just the premise is hilarious.
I can see where this wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea but it was everything this book geek wanted. A fantasy and mystery with a bit of romance, tons of word play, wit and puns. This has been on my radar since it was released and now that I've read it I wish I hadn't waited so long.
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Dec 10, 2010
Mowe
marked it as bookmarked
Dec 13, 2010
Patti
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May 01, 2011
Canoe
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May 16, 2011
Scott
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May 20, 2011
Drew
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Jul 04, 2011
Mairéad
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Oct 22, 2011
Dan
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Dec 30, 2011
Brian Jones
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Jan 27, 2013
Ignatz Ratzkewatzke
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it was ok
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Feb 20, 2013
Ellie
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Sep 05, 2013
Susie Walker
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Dec 03, 2020
Paige
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May 02, 2021
Rob
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