A review by lesserjoke
Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde

2.0

Two books in, I think I have to conclude that this series is just not working for me. There are plenty of clever ideas, but they're delivered in such a scattershot manner that none of it really coheres together. I'm frustrated by the lack of clear rules for the central notion of 'jurisfiction,' and I don't get the same enjoyment that author Jasper Fforde apparently does from seeing classic literary characters like Miss Havisham behave in incongruous ways. Perhaps the series would work better in a short story format, given how Fforde prioritizes individual scenes over an overarching plot, but I find that these first two novels are not living up to its potential.