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3.5 Stars
Jasper Fforde has created a fast and quirky read in The Eyre Affair. It is humorous. It is a mystery. It is fantasy. It requires the reader to suspend disbelief. The plot is unusual and well executed. Bibliophiles will love this series. But I digress.
It is 1985 in an alternate Great Britain. It is almost a police state thanks to the Goliath Corporation. Time travel is the norm as is cloning of resurrected species. The Crimean War is still being fought after 132 years. Authors are meg ...more
Jasper Fforde has created a fast and quirky read in The Eyre Affair. It is humorous. It is a mystery. It is fantasy. It requires the reader to suspend disbelief. The plot is unusual and well executed. Bibliophiles will love this series. But I digress.
It is 1985 in an alternate Great Britain. It is almost a police state thanks to the Goliath Corporation. Time travel is the norm as is cloning of resurrected species. The Crimean War is still being fought after 132 years. Authors are meg ...more
#1 in the Thursday Next fantasy series
I thought I would like this book more than I did. I remember reading it as a young adult and finding it hilarious. There was a lot to like about it, but the controversy and arguments of the society in the book seemed too reminiscent of today's politics and left me with a negative feeling. Thursday is a good hero, and I admired her conviction and her knowledge. She has a strong sense of duty about literature (as a SpecOps Literatec) and humanity (as a result ...more
I thought I would like this book more than I did. I remember reading it as a young adult and finding it hilarious. There was a lot to like about it, but the controversy and arguments of the society in the book seemed too reminiscent of today's politics and left me with a negative feeling. Thursday is a good hero, and I admired her conviction and her knowledge. She has a strong sense of duty about literature (as a SpecOps Literatec) and humanity (as a result ...more
This was an okay story. I was expecting to enjoy it more than I did, but I didn't hate it. At times the writing was hard to follow, and that is probably what most hampered my enjoyment, but I think I still might give the next book in the series a read.
Warning: There were several uses of strong language. ...more
Warning: There were several uses of strong language. ...more
Mar 30, 2012
Marscha
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Mandi
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May 22, 2014
Drew Doll
marked it as tbr-3-5-to-4
Jan 26, 2015
Mary Bronson
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Jun 01, 2016
Christi Reynard
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Jun 23, 2016
Jennifer
marked it as very-next-up-series
Jan 20, 2017
Gen
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Jul 27, 2018
Traci
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Dec 23, 2019
Elle
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