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To Say Nothing of the Dog

Connie Willis

4.15 AVERAGE

jcarlostak's review against another edition

4.25

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

fanntastic's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

amybrew's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny medium-paced

kitty_rochsmith's review

5.0

adventurous hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

meguet's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jody_diou's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mortal_wombat's review against another edition

1.0

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Writing style reminds me of Jasper Fforde, but less interesting.

emmalise's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

ktenix's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

sarah_ls's review against another edition

4.0

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Most of this book was four stars for me but then it went and got clever. It ended up being completely brilliant and I got some excellent laughs out of it, especially the end.

Poor Ned Henry has a severe case of time lag and he's been to way too many jumble sales. He's taken nearly 15 trips back to the 1940s to find the Bishop's Bird Stump and he's having no luck. Desperate to avoid Lady Schrapnell he goes to Mr. Dunworthy who promptly sends him back to the Victorian Era to have a bit of rest. He meets up with his contact... eventually... and then they spend most of the book frantically trying to make sure that Tossie marries Mr. C. to stop the space-time continuum from being destroyed.

There are literary references galore and it creates an especially delightful homage to Agatha Christie and classic detective fiction. It was an extraordinarily fun book.

This is my third book by Willis and considering that I've given them all 5 stars, I'm wondering why in the hell I'm not dropping everything to read more! She's brilliant and wonderfully funny.