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“I thought this book was great - very imaginative.”
Bloureader wrote this review Tuesday, June 19 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“the first book in the series found me slightly confused...full of wonder...but I went on to the second book and so glad I did”
hilldvslp wrote this review Friday, June 15 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very clever writing! I can't wait to see what else Fforde comes up with!”
MollyMaye wrote this review Sunday, May 27 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“such a novel concept and so well done too! :) an exciting adventure for anyone who has a love of literature!”
jenniferyellow wrote this review Tuesday, May 15 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It would be so easy to mess this kind of book up, but Jasper Fforde plays it up well. the word "genius" comes to mind, but considering the fate of geniuses in his books, I'll hold the word in check.”
Opalescence wrote this review Monday, May 7 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I agree this book is fun and clever (and who doesn't like trying to catch all those literary allusions?) but come on! Dickens himself could not write a less believable female character. Thursday Next just screams "written by a man." ”
Theophania wrote this review Wednesday, April 18 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I think it's so witty and intelligent. ”
hooplahicktx wrote this review Thursday, April 5 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“"My father had a face that would stop a clock," is the opening sentence of this unusual book. I am not a fan of this particular genre of Alternate History, but the title grabbed my attention, for I love Jane Eyre. I only gave it three stars for I did not like the scene where Thursday encountered the werewolf, nor did I think the names of the villians were funny. But I take my hat off to Fforde in skillfully weaving his unlikely story into Charlotte Bronte's story in a believable way. The ending is great, and I like the character of Thursday Next, the heroine.”
Joykeeper wrote this review Thursday, March 22 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“"My father had a face that could stop a clock. I don't mean that he is ugly or anything; it was a phrase the ChronoGuard used to describe someone who had the power to reduce time to a ultraslow trickle."
sthurner wrote this review Thursday, December 18 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
After having read and enjoyed The Well of Lost Plots, I had to go back and read the first of Fforde's series. His plucky English heroine, Thursday Next, lives in a bizzare and funny world where time travel is taken for granted, and the line between fiction is a thin one indeed. Can she save the world of great literature from being corrupted by greedy military industrialists or twisted villains? I was mightily entertained.”
“Lately I have been thinking a lot about the oddity of the concept of time and space. I'm not convinced that cause and effect are always related. In homeopathic terms, this is the "AIDS miasm." (Basically, a miasm is the depth and pace at which you live in the world. The energy of the AIDS miasm is that of diffusion and lack of boundaries; it is the energy of the internet.)
purplepeace wrote this review Wednesday, February 14 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
So, basically, this novel is the wet dream for an English major living in the AIDS miasm! I loved it. I found myself easily falling into the "alternate reality" of the literary world, not just of this book, but of the books within this book. Another funny point of the novel are the character names. These were hilarious!”
