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It took me a while to get into this novel. Fun and interesting as the world is that Fforde creates in the first half of the narrative, I was curious to see in what way Jane Eyre would eventually factor into it. It's in its later half that "The Eyre Affair" really shines and I was thoroughly invested into the story at that point. Thursday Next is a great heroine and I'll check out the next novel in the series to see what else Fforde can come up with. I was really delighted with the Bookworms for
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Jan 23, 2015
Nikki
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This book is so fun to read. Really surreal and full of literary crime action. All of the literary references and jokes were really fun. If you're familiar with the story of Jane Eyre, it will be more satisfying than if you aren't.
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This felt like something that should be super up my alley, but somehow wasn't, so I'd give it a 2.5-3 for being well done but surprisingly, tonally not for me. I think if it had all been the core literary mystery it might have worked better for me; both the romantic and Crimean war subplots were very hard for me to connect to.
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Nov 13, 2014
Marianne
marked it as maybe-eventually
Oct 29, 2015
Emory
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Dec 06, 2015
Tammuz
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Jul 18, 2016
Uzma (Whatever Catches My Fancy)
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Dec 07, 2016
Chandler
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Katie
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Jul 29, 2018
Ivy Tan
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Dec 02, 2019
Emma
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