A review by ohmage_resistance
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

adventurous
This book wasn't bad, but I didn't love it. Which makes sense, because I feel like I'm just too young, too American, and too uninterested in classics to really be the target audience for this book. I haven't read Jane Eyre, and I also tend not to be the biggest fan of books that get meta about people's love of reading. I'm also pretty uninvested in the concept of (romantic) Happily Ever Afters, so the romance subplot didn't really work for me (nor did the
Jane Eyre plot
). Also, this isn't the fault of the book, but the focus on the Crimean War just reminded me of the current war in Ukraine. So the MC was like "we need to end this war and let Russia take the region over" and I was like, ok, so that makes sense historically for the Crimean War context but also like, that's not really a message I want to hear in the context of the current war in Ukraine. 

IDK, I'm complaining a lot, but it wasn't a bad book, and I had an ok time with it. I don't think I'll continue with the series for the reasons I listed above (the "I'm too young, too American, and too uninterested in classics to really be the target audience for this book" part). 
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