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lanica's review against another edition
4.0
Another enjoyable read! I find the world fascinating, the characters quirky and the plot clever.
Read the books in order and you will want to read them all!
Read the books in order and you will want to read them all!
fridde82's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
Imaginative story about where books come from and how the book world is governed.
ansl's review
4.0
Komt enorm traag op gang, maar na zo'n 100 pagina's is het weer erg tof :D.
(En dit is zo erg van mij maar: Evelyn Waugh is een man? Ik heb altijd gedacht dat dat een vrouw was, tot dit boek dan!)
(En dit is zo erg van mij maar: Evelyn Waugh is een man? Ik heb altijd gedacht dat dat een vrouw was, tot dit boek dan!)
jgintrovertedreader's review against another edition
3.0
The adventures of Thursday Next continue as she seeks refuge from the evil designs of the Goliath Corporation and Yorick Kaine inside the Book World, most specifically, The Well of Lost Plots. She's pregnant, her pet dodo is hatching an egg in a slightly muddled way, her husband has been eradicated (back when he was only two years old) and the little sister of her defeated arch-nemesis is slowly erasing and/or changing all of Thursday's memories. She's also investigating crimes as an apprentice agent for Jurisfiction, an internal book policing agency. Mentoring her at Jurisfiction is Miss Havisham. Yes, that Miss Havisham. The Miss Havisham of Great Expectations fame who now spends what little spare time she has competing against Mr. Toad to try to set a new land speed record.
Do you get the picture? This book is not for those without a sense of humor, or at least a sense of whimsy. I am amazed at Jasper Fforde's literary knowledge and imagination. It feels like there is some sort of literary reference or pun in at least every paragraph. It's really probably every sentence, but I don't know enough myself to "get" them all.
I love the whole concept of a secret, hidden world within books. What do all those characters get up to when their stories aren't being read? A lot, as it turns out.
This book also seems to be where another of Fforde's books, The Big Over Easy started out. Now that I've read The Big Over Easy, it was interesting to see where the idea began, knowing where it wound up.
I think it only got three stars because I did read it before a few years ago. I do enjoy Jasper Fforde's books, but I don't think they stand up all that well to re-reading. The fresh ideas aren't all that fresh anymore.
That being said, I do highly recommend these to people with the sense of humor to appreciate them.
Do you get the picture? This book is not for those without a sense of humor, or at least a sense of whimsy. I am amazed at Jasper Fforde's literary knowledge and imagination. It feels like there is some sort of literary reference or pun in at least every paragraph. It's really probably every sentence, but I don't know enough myself to "get" them all.
I love the whole concept of a secret, hidden world within books. What do all those characters get up to when their stories aren't being read? A lot, as it turns out.
This book also seems to be where another of Fforde's books, The Big Over Easy started out. Now that I've read The Big Over Easy, it was interesting to see where the idea began, knowing where it wound up.
I think it only got three stars because I did read it before a few years ago. I do enjoy Jasper Fforde's books, but I don't think they stand up all that well to re-reading. The fresh ideas aren't all that fresh anymore.
That being said, I do highly recommend these to people with the sense of humor to appreciate them.
el_viral's review
5.0
This series never fails to draw me in and make me laugh out loud! Original, clever, funny - highly recommended!
patchworkbunny's review
5.0
Poor Thursday still hasn't reactualised her non-husband Landen. Even worse she's beginning to forget him. Could it be the work of that pesky Aornis Hades, lurking in her memories?
At the end of Lost in a Good Book, Thursday Next is persuaded to spend the rest of her pregnancy in a safe place, hidden away in an unpublished book in the Well of Lost Plots. All she has to do is act out her character's part and stay out of trouble. Everyone in BookWorld is talking about the upcoming upgrade to the new operating system but is it too good to be true? Characters are starting to die and Thursday can't just sit back and watch.
This instalment is certainly a book for authors as well as readers. The idea is that the books write themselves in BookWorld, that text can be destroyed by pests that steal grammar or the myspeling vyrus and characters are not always happy with their lot in life. There's a black market in plot devices and generics being trained to take the place of characters across different genres. And of course, the horrors of living in a badly written book.
With all the talks of innovation in publishing recently and the rise of the ebook, The Well of Lost Plots is a rather topical read. There's an element of pushing the stories and characters aside in favour of "progress" and more profit. It's all done in a humourous way but it does make you wonder what the characters of BookWorld would make of Kindles and Kobos.
I love the fact that one of Jasper Fforde's other books is actually a book within Thursday's world. If you're a grammar geek I say read it!
At the end of Lost in a Good Book, Thursday Next is persuaded to spend the rest of her pregnancy in a safe place, hidden away in an unpublished book in the Well of Lost Plots. All she has to do is act out her character's part and stay out of trouble. Everyone in BookWorld is talking about the upcoming upgrade to the new operating system but is it too good to be true? Characters are starting to die and Thursday can't just sit back and watch.
This instalment is certainly a book for authors as well as readers. The idea is that the books write themselves in BookWorld, that text can be destroyed by pests that steal grammar or the myspeling vyrus and characters are not always happy with their lot in life. There's a black market in plot devices and generics being trained to take the place of characters across different genres. And of course, the horrors of living in a badly written book.
With all the talks of innovation in publishing recently and the rise of the ebook, The Well of Lost Plots is a rather topical read. There's an element of pushing the stories and characters aside in favour of "progress" and more profit. It's all done in a humourous way but it does make you wonder what the characters of BookWorld would make of Kindles and Kobos.
I love the fact that one of Jasper Fforde's other books is actually a book within Thursday's world. If you're a grammar geek I say read it!
rpych2's review against another edition
4.0
The plot for this one wasn’t as fleshed out as the first two Thursday Next books, but it was still a lot of fun. Mainly because this one took place almost entirely in Book World, the fictional world in which all characters and their books reside. And Thursday working for the Jurisfiction, their police unit that presides over the books, was so great. Honestly this was probably my leads favorite in the series thus far, but the quality has been so high that it’s still right around four stars. I also loved the ending, and how it tied into the Nursery Crime series, Fforde’s other fantastic work of art.
kraley's review against another edition
4.0
How has it atajen me so long to find this series. I LOVE all of the word play, the ridiculousness and ALL of the characters, even the generic ones! An entertaining ride that I don’t feel ready to get off. Totally a re-read worthy series.