jonn reviewed The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde (Nursery Crimes, #2)
The ending is absolutely unhinged, again!
4 stars
Great book, sad the third one never happened
378 pages
English language
Published July 30, 2007 by Penguin (Non-Classics).
4 stars
(20 reviews)
The inimitable Jasper Fforde gives readers another delightful mash-up of detective fiction and nursery rhyme, returning to those mean streets where no character is innocent. The Gingerbreadman?sadist, psychopath, cookie?is on the loose in Reading, but that?s not who Detective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary are after. Instead, they?ve been demoted to searching for missing journalist ?Goldy? Hatchett. The last witnesses to see her alive were the reclusive Three Bears, and right away Spratt senses something furry?uh, funny?about their story, starting with the porridge. The Fourth Bear is a delirious new romp from our most irrepressible fabulist.
leighelse reviewed The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde (Nursery Crimes, #2)
Review of 'The Fourth Bear' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
I've tried. This is the third Jasper Fforde I've embarked on and given up on in short order. Sorry Jasper. For all my love of supposedly similar writers (Pratchett, Gaiman, Adams) this entirely fails to connect, which makes me worry that I'm turning into the sort of person my parents always wanted me to be.
Wetdryvac reviewed The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde (Nursery Crimes, #2)
Review of 'Fourth Bear' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
On par with The Big Over Easy, this is insane, fabulous, and wonderful.
Wolfie reviewed The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde (Nursery Crimes, #2)
Review of 'Fourth Bear' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Funny and engaging
