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masn 's review for:
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
So this was an interesting book. It combined fantasy and literature in a strangely satisfying way. I've read just enough from the Bronte sisters and Jane Austen and Shakespeare to appreciate the references. But even if I hadn't, I don't feel that I would be at a disadvantage.
The setting for this story takes place in an alternate world that is capable of controlling time travel, can clone the dodo bird, is still fighting the Crimean war, and worships literature. Shakespeare is a common household name and there are frequent conspiracy conversations as to who really wrote his plays. The main character works as a sort of literature police officer. I was never really clear what her job entailed. As the story progresses she finds herself up against an antagonist that has stolen technology that allows him to enter into books and change the outcome. And for a world that worships literature, that's almost like rewriting history.
The setting for this story takes place in an alternate world that is capable of controlling time travel, can clone the dodo bird, is still fighting the Crimean war, and worships literature. Shakespeare is a common household name and there are frequent conspiracy conversations as to who really wrote his plays. The main character works as a sort of literature police officer. I was never really clear what her job entailed. As the story progresses she finds herself up against an antagonist that has stolen technology that allows him to enter into books and change the outcome. And for a world that worships literature, that's almost like rewriting history.