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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde is the first novel in the Thursday Next series. Thursday is a literary detective in the (British) Special Operations Network (SO-27). This fantasy includes supernatural villains and time travelers (SO-12). Are you wondering about literary detectives? In this world, characters can leave their novel, and real people can enter novels and change the story. For example, when Jane Eyre is kidnapped, the story stops at that point. Thursday’s job is to set everything straight.
If you think you might be interested in literary humor and mystery, join Thursday on her adventure with Currier Bell, Charles Dickens, and William Shakespeare, who may or may not have written some plays.
For my detailed report: http://1book42day.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-eyre-affair-by-jasper-fforde.html
Check out https://amazon.com/shop/influencer-20171115075 for book recommendations.
If you think you might be interested in literary humor and mystery, join Thursday on her adventure with Currier Bell, Charles Dickens, and William Shakespeare, who may or may not have written some plays.
For my detailed report: http://1book42day.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-eyre-affair-by-jasper-fforde.html
Check out https://amazon.com/shop/influencer-20171115075 for book recommendations.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A very imaginative and clever book. It takes a bit to understand all that is going on but once you do you can’t wait for the next silly parody to come up. I read this for a book club and began it thinking I would hate it but ended up loving it.
Good idea but a firm editor needed. Flabby in form and execution and the characters poorly developed. Too much telling, not enough showing.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Jasper Fforde lässt einen nie im Stich, auf ihn ist immer Verlass. Wie immer super witzig und total irre. Ganz nach meinem Geschmack.
Fforde always does an amazing job at combining the absurd, the intellectual, and the serious. In this case we have a secret club that catches meteorites with baseball bats, literary characters coming to life, and a main character dealing with post-war trauma. Thursday Next is also a protagonist that has agency (something lacking in other Fforde novels). Can’t wait to read the next one!
Such a lot of fun. I definitely plan on reading more from Fforde; a very clever book, though I wish the end hadn't come on quite so quick...
3.5/5
This is my third time trying to finish this book, and it worked!
This book is set in 1985, 2016, and whenever Jane Eyre was written, but it's not about time travel. It's set in a world where people care so much about books to the point of having a police branch dedicated to them.
It wasn't perfect, not the 5/5 inspiration everyone claimed it'd be. It was good, though. I'd totally read book 2 at some point.
This is my third time trying to finish this book, and it worked!
This book is set in 1985, 2016, and whenever Jane Eyre was written, but it's not about time travel. It's set in a world where people care so much about books to the point of having a police branch dedicated to them.
It wasn't perfect, not the 5/5 inspiration everyone claimed it'd be. It was good, though. I'd totally read book 2 at some point.
I get it now, I really do. My god, this world. I want to slip inside this book, this world and never come back.