A review by kerisreads
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

2.0

Highly creative idea. Horribly subpar execution. I know this has a bit of a cult following, but good grief I almost couldn't finish it... So many cliches, shallow characterizations and loose ends, I just couldn't take it seriously or really immerse myself in his world. The women especially were so... unbelievably simple and contradictory. (The main character is supposed to be a super impressive lady soldier / secret agent who pines for some random guy we didn't grow to like, and though other characters praise her for being so amazing, she's actually pretty lame.) The humor was attempted, but usually fell flat to me.

Some really fun ideas (Who doesn't want to be able to just walk into the plot of a classic novel?!) and a few memorable quotes about human nature from the antagonist, but otherwise I kind of just want to forget I ever read it.