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3.5 An easy read. The core plot line I liked a good bit (although I felt much was left unexplained about the key villain). I found the sub-plots to be mostly distractions.
Some fun thinking here, but the execution just grated.
I wanted to like this. Jasper Fforde has been on my list of UK authors to read for a while, but there was always something else on the pile. The metafictional universe that Thursday Next inhabits is a whacky at-right-angles world that is nearly, but not quite the same one that we live in. The Crimean war is still raging and the UK appears to have broken into constituent nations for some reason (I'm not quite sure what's happened to Scotland, ...more
I wanted to like this. Jasper Fforde has been on my list of UK authors to read for a while, but there was always something else on the pile. The metafictional universe that Thursday Next inhabits is a whacky at-right-angles world that is nearly, but not quite the same one that we live in. The Crimean war is still raging and the UK appears to have broken into constituent nations for some reason (I'm not quite sure what's happened to Scotland, ...more
First time rereading in six years and what an excellent time to do so - June 2016 (if you read the book, you'll get the date). The book is still amazing. One day I need to read the second one in the series.
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This book was very fun to read. Has lots of great literary puns. The humor is very british so be warned. I highly recommend it.
3.5 stars. Review to come
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