The last dragonslayer

by Jasper Fforde, Jasper Fforde

287 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 2012 by Harcourt.

ISBN:: 978-0-547-73847-5
OCLC Number:: 772099830

(17 reviews)

"Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away, but when visions of the death of the world's last dragon begin, all signs point to Jennifer--and Big Magic"--Provided by publisher.

Fifteen-year-old foundling Jennifer runs Kazam, an employment agency for magicians, but it is hard to stay in business when magic is drying up. Then the visions start, predicting the death of the world's last dragon. Book #1

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jonn reviewed The last dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde (The Chronicles of Kazam, #1)

Fforde is very formulaic, and this is a huge drawback. But hey, writers need to put food on the table...

5 stars

...and also put food for thought on the readers' table.

Which he does quite successfully.

Hey, he even made a joke at the expense of modern commies!

Anyhow, can't be five stars, shouldn't be less than four.

Quote of the book must be the scene where the female character receives a bunch of calls during a radio-interview.

Scenes like this differentiate real feminist allies (like Fforde) from people who are for everything good and against everything bad.

Wetdryvac reviewed The last dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde (The Chronicles of Kazam, #1)

Review of 'The last dragonslayer' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Entirely too much fun, and an excellent shift in style from the Thursday Next series.

Laura Lemay reviewed The last dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde (The Chronicles of Kazam, #1)

Review of 'The last dragonslayer' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Very light and quite funny, but sometimes too obviously and self-awarely clever.

jayvall reviewed The last dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde (The Chronicles of Kazam, #1)

Review of 'The last dragonslayer' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

This was quintessential Jasper Fforde, if there is such a thing. I liked it but with this one, more than any of the Thursday Next books, I felt like I could see the stuffing so to speak. I felt like the plot structure was more pronounced: here's the main character, here's the backstory that's going to come into play later, here's all of the events hurtling towards an impossible but unavoidable event, here's how it all gets fixed. That's not to say I didn't like the story, I did. Maybe it was because it was a kids book the plot wasn't quite as convoluted as usual? I don't know. I liked it. I'll read [b:The Song of the Quarkbeast|11297320|The Song of the Quarkbeast (The Last Dragonslayer, #2)|Jasper Fforde|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327951729s/11297320.jpg|16224887], and I'm already excited about Book 3: [b:The Return of Shandar|16043857|The Return of Shandar (The Last Dragonslayer, #3)|Jasper Fforde|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1352831092s/16043857.jpg|21821231] and I don't …