pretzel reviewed The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Thursday Next (1))
The Eyre Affair
Great Britain circa 1985: time travel is routine, cloning is a …
Very smart.
3 stars
I can understand the comparisons to Wodehouse and Douglas Adams. It's a literal book-within-a-book, extremely meta, well-crafted farce. A little bit too self-conscious, a little bit too clever. Twenty year old me would have loved it. It makes me want to read more Jeeves or a Pratchett really, but probably need something else a bit more serious before then.
I can understand the comparisons to Wodehouse and Douglas Adams. It's a literal book-within-a-book, extremely meta, well-crafted farce. A little bit too self-conscious, a little bit too clever. Twenty year old me would have loved it. It makes me want to read more Jeeves or a Pratchett really, but probably need something else a bit more serious before then.