jonn reviewed Lost in a good book by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next, Part 2)
Five coincidences, seven Irma Cohens and one confused Neanderthal
4 stars
There are like three story lines and one of them is a bit unnecessary.
I liked the story less than the Eyre Affair, but it's an absolute banger.
There is significantly less thought-provoking constructs in the book than in Douglas Adams books, but there's one quote which stung quite a bit with how applicable it is to the country I live in:
Sadly for Goliath, even the hardiest of medical technicians balked at experiments conducted upon intelligent and speaking entities, so the first batch of Neanderthals were trained instead as "expendable combat units", a project that was shelved as soon as the lack of aggressive instincts in the Neanderthal was noted. They were subsequently released into the community as cheap labour and became a celebrated tax write-off.
Fforde really loves Adams, by the way:
Sample viewing figures for major TV networks in England, September 1985 Owl Vision
Will Marlowe or …
There are like three story lines and one of them is a bit unnecessary.
I liked the story less than the Eyre Affair, but it's an absolute banger.
There is significantly less thought-provoking constructs in the book than in Douglas Adams books, but there's one quote which stung quite a bit with how applicable it is to the country I live in:
Sadly for Goliath, even the hardiest of medical technicians balked at experiments conducted upon intelligent and speaking entities, so the first batch of Neanderthals were trained instead as "expendable combat units", a project that was shelved as soon as the lack of aggressive instincts in the Neanderthal was noted. They were subsequently released into the community as cheap labour and became a celebrated tax write-off.
Fforde really loves Adams, by the way:
Sample viewing figures for major TV networks in England, September 1985 Owl Vision
Will Marlowe or Kit Shakespeare? (literary quiz show) 13,591,203 One More Chance to See! (reverse extinction show) 2,321,820
Great book, I think one in the series will be a masterpiece. A ton of potential!
