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3 1/2 stars
As the man says: don't ask, just read.
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This was pretty cool. Fforde is definitely clever and extrememly creative. The book is set in an alternate London around 1985 where people time travel and jump in and out of books. Jane Eyre gets kidnapped out of the original manuscript and all copies of the book are changed. The main character, Thursday Next, has to try and get Jane back and set things back to normal.
I felt like this was "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for Bibliophiles", where you either had to be Fforde's brand of drunk or insanely obsessive to really get it. I'm not, so it didn't grab me like I hoped it would.
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I couldn't get in the spirit of the "literary slapstick" style as one incisive friend put it. Oh well, you might like this if you're a Bronte and/or Dickens fan and do OK with "look how clever I'm being!" humor.
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Not as good as Shades of Grey, but still interesting to read. Much harder to get into, probably because I know little about the literature referenced throughout the book.
I love Jasper Fforde. I adore Thursday Next. The mystery, the time travel, the alternate reality, the humor, the puns!!!! Plus, who doesn't love a pet dodo?
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This is the March book for the Mystery a la Carte discussion. As I am leading the discussion, I guess I had better get reading....
Jan 19, 2010
Tara
marked it as to-read
Mar 23, 2010
Jake Gest
marked it as to-read
Dec 03, 2010
Rachael
marked it as to-read
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Sara
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