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lauradameron 's review for:
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde
I've just finished reding The Eyre Affair for the second time. I read it years ago and thought I'd give it another go and I really enjoyed it. I've seen a lot of negative reviews about the book on here, and I can understand them. However, I think the writing style and sometimes cliched plot points are easy to push aside as the overall story is great fun.
I'm not a huge Bronte fan, and have only seen one film adaptation a long time ago, but I love the idea of going into a book and changing things. I'm a big fan of alternate realities, and I really liked that the world built in the book was similar to ours. The fantasy aspects of the Spec-Ops and things like the Dodos being brought back from extinction gave the book a further layer of depth; not only are things the same, there are radical things that make this England different.
I guess I'm easily pleased, and a book where literature is the main focus and is revered like religion was probably always going to appeal to me, but I don't think a book has to be eloquent and descriptive to be a good read, I just think the story needs to be good and you need to care about the characters. I care about Thursday, and I want her to see her Dad more, and I can't wait to read the next book to find out what happens.
(Also, I'm going to be honest, if I ever wrote a book, I would definitely include characters like Paige Turner and Jack Schitt. And Braxton Hicks?! They just made me laugh)
I'm not a huge Bronte fan, and have only seen one film adaptation a long time ago, but I love the idea of going into a book and changing things. I'm a big fan of alternate realities, and I really liked that the world built in the book was similar to ours. The fantasy aspects of the Spec-Ops and things like the Dodos being brought back from extinction gave the book a further layer of depth; not only are things the same, there are radical things that make this England different.
I guess I'm easily pleased, and a book where literature is the main focus and is revered like religion was probably always going to appeal to me, but I don't think a book has to be eloquent and descriptive to be a good read, I just think the story needs to be good and you need to care about the characters. I care about Thursday, and I want her to see her Dad more, and I can't wait to read the next book to find out what happens.
(Also, I'm going to be honest, if I ever wrote a book, I would definitely include characters like Paige Turner and Jack Schitt. And Braxton Hicks?! They just made me laugh)