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reviewed Shades of grey by Jasper Fforde (The Road to High Saffron, Part 1)

Jasper Fforde: Shades of grey (2011, Hodder) 4 stars

An astonishing, hotly anticipated new novel from the great literary fantasist and creator of Thursday …

Review of 'Shades of grey' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

An entertaining satire of the dystopian novel. In the distant future, everyone is colour blind and status is determined by your perception of colour. Life is governed by the Rulebook which has many pointless and amusing rules. I like that even though the future is limited in technology, current online concepts such as feedback and adding friends lives on. I'm a bit of a colour theory geek so loved all the stuff about colour! The style is true Jasper Fforde too so if you've enjoyed his other books, you'll probably like this one.

I think this is the first part of a planned trilogy rather than an ongoing series. I have an inkling as to the reasoning behind rule 3.9.34.59.667 so I'll be eagerly awiting the next instalment.