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horizon_9 's review for:
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
After rereading this book, I can only conclude I remember more of book 2 (and onward?) then of book 1, because this was not as much fun as I remember. I still very much enjoy the quirky world building with all the weird SpecOp agencies, including a time travel one, but I did not much care for the Crimea war plot. Maybe because it is a bit too close to our reality.
It was fun to reread this book with a bit more life-experience and after having read Jane Eyre (which I had not the first time I read it). It was probably the reason I picked up Jane Eyre in the first place, so I do have to give the book credit for that.
Although I did by no means hate the characters, I do think this is a book you should read for the plot, the world building and the sometimes clever turns of phrase, not for the character work.
I might have to reread book 2 too, to see if that is as much fun as I remember this series being, but I will have to read Sense and Sensibility first, if I want to fully appreciate it, which I still have not done despite the 15 years that have passed.
It was fun to reread this book with a bit more life-experience and after having read Jane Eyre (which I had not the first time I read it). It was probably the reason I picked up Jane Eyre in the first place, so I do have to give the book credit for that.
Although I did by no means hate the characters, I do think this is a book you should read for the plot, the world building and the sometimes clever turns of phrase, not for the character work.
I might have to reread book 2 too, to see if that is as much fun as I remember this series being, but I will have to read Sense and Sensibility first, if I want to fully appreciate it, which I still have not done despite the 15 years that have passed.