Lost in a good book

So much fun. I liked this more than The Eyre Affair, but I'm not sure whether that's because this is better or because The Eyre Affair was a bit of a letdown after Shades of Grey. Either way, the humour, characters, and world were once again wonderful. I'm not convinced the system of leaping between books is entirely consistent, but that may be me missing things as I get swept along. I'm looking forward to The Well of Lost Plots after I've read a few other books.

Even more insane, and even better.

I had this book for about 6 years before I had a chance to read it because it took me too long to get the first in the series. You should probably read the first in the series to get to know the characters, or the stakes won't be very high.

Thursday Next ends up being a detective and these are mystery stories, which aren't my usual fare. But, they are set in such an outlandish world that the setting really tickles me.

I enjoy Fforde's writing and will continue to read Thursday's stories.

Rather annoyingly, the showdown in the ConStuff lab unfolds with needless haste, leaving quite a few obvious plot holes. Otherwise, super imaginative and wildly funny read.

Realised that the footnotes were important to the narrative, had a crappy conversion that didn't include them with the text, rather right at the end.

Not as good as the first, but I enjoyed the new characters (Miss Havesham!) even though the plot was much the same.