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jonn reviewed Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #1)
An astonishing, hotly anticipated new novel from the great literary fantasist and creator of Thursday …
Quite Heavy
5 stars
Fforde can be like Adams, Fforde can be like Orwell. Extremely powerful worldbuilding and writing in the expedition part. I was shocked and felt very strong emotions.
Quote of the book, in line with my personal history:
'No one's ever liked me before, she said, 'so you'll excuse me for becoming suspicious.' 'Jabez liked you.' 'Jabez liked my nose.' 'I like your nose.' 'Yes, but you don't only like my nose. There's a big difference.'
@tivasyk so what you're saying is that it wasn't... Minimalist enough? :)
jonn commented on Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde (Shades of Grey, #1)
An astonishing, hotly anticipated new novel from the great literary fantasist and creator of Thursday …
Holy. Fuck.
@bookllyfr :)
jonn replied to Zéro Janvier's status
@zerojanvier Haters gonna hate
jonn wants to read L'Œuvre (Les Rougon-Macquart, #14) by Émile Zola
L'Œuvre (Les Rougon-Macquart, #14) by Émile Zola
L'Œuvre is the fourteenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series by Émile Zola. It was first serialized in the periodical Gil …
jonn replied to Laura Lemay's status
@lemay wouldn't it be Joycean?
@tivasyk Is it from the 50's? Or perhaps the title refers to the author?
jonn finished reading The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next, #7)
The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next, #7)
The Bookworld's leading enforcement officer, Thursday Next, has been forced into semiretirement following an assassination attempt. When Thursday's former SpecOps …
jonn reviewed The Woman Who Died a Lot by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next, #7)
The Bookworld's leading enforcement officer, Thursday Next, has been forced into semiretirement following an assassination …
Removes any questions if Fforde is a communist.
5 stars
And yet, a five star from me.
Is he naive and too fascinated by russia? Yes, but so are most westerners.
Can I certainly say that he read das kapital / communist manifesto? No. But then again, even those who did in the west don't have a lived experience of communism, so I empathise with them falling for barely grounded populism.
And even yet it's a great book! Perhaps the best in the series. It's weird at every corner, includes scrupulous worldbuilding and a ton of calculations. And while we may have the opposite ideas about marxism, we do share unapologetic and relentless sense of anticapitalism. Which, under western labels makes me an intersectional communist, I guess, but western labels can sod off!
Anyway, the book is FUN. The characters are WEIRD. Fforde is an amazing writer.
If you crave Douglas Adams, but ran out, and don't want to make …
And yet, a five star from me.
Is he naive and too fascinated by russia? Yes, but so are most westerners.
Can I certainly say that he read das kapital / communist manifesto? No. But then again, even those who did in the west don't have a lived experience of communism, so I empathise with them falling for barely grounded populism.
And even yet it's a great book! Perhaps the best in the series. It's weird at every corner, includes scrupulous worldbuilding and a ton of calculations. And while we may have the opposite ideas about marxism, we do share unapologetic and relentless sense of anticapitalism. Which, under western labels makes me an intersectional communist, I guess, but western labels can sod off!
Anyway, the book is FUN. The characters are WEIRD. Fforde is an amazing writer.
If you crave Douglas Adams, but ran out, and don't want to make a run to the book store, you can always rely on Fforde to deliver!
jonn replied to Eduardo Santiago's status
@esm Yea, but the story felt bulletproof in this one, motivations consistent, a lot of subtle stuff and math jokes (like buying books vs paying Michelin chef).
Actually around the budgeting bit and msnchild bit, I was cognizant of how much calculations are required to write stuff like this. It's antithetical to "autopilot writing".
jonn reviewed One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde (Thursday next novel)
It is a time of unrest in the BookWorld. Only the diplomatic skills of ace …
It's like watching season 3 of Arrested Development but where the only storyline is the Iraq one
4 stars
A couple of amazing passages here.
Sadly, my lifestyle doesn't let me carefully review the books at the moment.
I loved Thursday's companion and "psychological thriller" nature of the book.
Was torn between 3.5 and 4, certainly the weakest of the series so far.
jonn replied to juandewyrm@bookwyrm.tech's status
@juandewyrm@bookwyrm.tech umm bookwyrm.social/book/5990/s/piranesi 🤫
You reviewed the wrong book. 🙂