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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
Fun, fast paced, clever characters and plot. A joy to read
A very engaging alternate-history / fantasy detective. Jasper Fforde creates a unique premise for Thursday Next, and carries it through marvellously.
Well written, with a lot of internal references to literary classics. This is a book for people who love books.
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[a:Assaph Mehr|14422472|Assaph Mehr|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1445823325p2/14422472.jpg], author of [b:Murder In Absentia|29500700|Murder In Absentia (Felix the Fox, #1)|Assaph Mehr|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1457914061s/29500700.jpg|46845657]: A story of Togas, Daggers, and Magic - for lovers of Ancient Rome, Murder Mysteries, and Urban Fantasy.
Well written, with a lot of internal references to literary classics. This is a book for people who love books.
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[a:Assaph Mehr|14422472|Assaph Mehr|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1445823325p2/14422472.jpg], author of [b:Murder In Absentia|29500700|Murder In Absentia (Felix the Fox, #1)|Assaph Mehr|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1457914061s/29500700.jpg|46845657]: A story of Togas, Daggers, and Magic - for lovers of Ancient Rome, Murder Mysteries, and Urban Fantasy.
This is a bizarre and delightful book. Imagine an alternative universe where time travel exists, literature profoundly influences the world, and dodo birds have somehow been cloned. Now throw in a dastardly villain who wants to ruin Jane Eyre (for fun!) and a heroine detective who is working night and day to stop him.
It took me 100 pages to get into this book. The premise and world is so bizarre and the reader is just thrown in, so it was hard to be invested initially. However, as the plot develops I found myself thoroughly enjoying the book and looking forward to delve in each night. I'm blown away by Fforde's creativity.
4/5
It took me 100 pages to get into this book. The premise and world is so bizarre and the reader is just thrown in, so it was hard to be invested initially. However, as the plot develops I found myself thoroughly enjoying the book and looking forward to delve in each night. I'm blown away by Fforde's creativity.
4/5
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.
Rereading these before forcing them on a friend....
Good fun. I probably missed a few of the higher brow literary jokes though as I'm not Jane Eyre expert.
Great fun! It was like reading a Monty Python movie for book nerds. Clever and intelligent and filled with lots of brain thinky humor.
first book in this series. very enjoyable, i just couldn't put it down once i started reading it. i always recommend it to my friends to read, but i never know how to describe it. i just recently saw jasper fforde on a book tour, and he was mentioning that one of the reasons it took him years to publish this book was because he did not know how to get people to read it based on a description. so i will give his advice to whomever is interested in reading this, just read it. don't ask any questions, just read it.
A delightful read for the classic reader, as they will understand many of the literary references made throughout this novel. A harrowing tale that notably made me gasp a couple of times, and held my attention quite well. Took a little while for the plot to really get moving though. Pretty good characters though nothing too deep. Difficult to relate to. Overall, an alright read.
Although cheesy at times (one of the characters names was Jack Schitt), this was a fun read, especially for someone who loves literature.