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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Fforde's tongue-in-cheek novels are a guilty pleasure for this reader, an entertaining blend of sci-fi and mystery for bibliomaniacs. I enjoyed Thursday's romp through fiction and the "real" world in her mad dash to get back her husband, save Hamlet, win the Superhoops, and keep the evil giant...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Jasper Fforde’s novel Something Rotten is the fourth in his Thursday Next series. Famed Literary Detective and Head of Jurisfiction Thursday Next misses the real world and decides to leave fiction to see what she can do about uneradicating her husband, Landen Parke-Laine. Thursday learns in this installment that things are indeed much weirder than we can know.
Dana Huff wrote this review 4 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
While I have enjoyed the entire series, I found this book more confusing than the others. The various threads of the story don’t intertwine until the end, and by that time, I had forgotten enough of the details that I was still confused. Of course, I’m a slow reader, and it’s partly because of that fact that I had difficulty putting the ending together. A reader who finishes more quickly than I might fare better. Fforde is a book nerd’s writer. His allusions to literature and history and enjoyable and entertaining. I liked the book enough that I’ll continue to read more Fforde books, but I’m going to take a break from Fforde for a while and read something else.”
“More fun continues........”
bonnie l wrote this review Sunday, November 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Another Thursday Next book - hurray!”
Paula C wrote this review Tuesday, November 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Given my utter hatred of Hamlet, I found Fforde's take on the story both fun and refreshing. It's practically perfect in every way.”
Dana L wrote this review Wednesday, November 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Fforde's tongue-in-cheek novels are a guilty pleasure for this reader, an entertaining blend of sci-fi and mystery for bibliomaniacs. I enjoyed Thursday's romp through fiction and the "real" world in her mad dash to get back her husband, save Hamlet, win the Superhoops, and keep the evil giant corporation Goliath from destroying earth.”
sthurner wrote this review Tuesday, October 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Lisa A wrote this review Wednesday, October 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“If I remember correctly, Thursday got a lot of speeding tickets in this one.”
Jzarah B wrote this review Saturday, September 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Fforde has finally gotten this series back to the quality level it deserves. My best guess for why this and The Eyre Affair stand so far above the other two in quality is that they have a particular novel as focus. Hamlet is absolutely hilarious in this novel; I hate the play, but in Thursday Next’s world I couldn’t get enough. Jasper Fforde is so fabulous. I hope he keeps writing novels for book nerds like me, and that they keep improving.”
Christina F wrote this review Sunday, September 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very good. I'm glad he wrapped up all the loose threads with Landen and Kaine and the Minotaur. I liked the croquet and the Neanderthals. As always the book was jam packed and fast paced, but lots of fun.”
kala_way wrote this review Thursday, July 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Literary detective Thursday Next's fourth adventure has her searching obscure western novels for a rogue Minotaur, battling the Goliath multinational corporation for the return of her husband, entertaining Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, on his first visit outside of BookWorld -- all while dodging assassination attempts and worrying about the outcome of a professional croquet match that may lead to Armageddon.
Lindy P wrote this review Saturday, July 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
If you haven't yet read any of Fforde's satirical alternate-history fantasy series, I suggest that you start at the beginning with The Eyre Affair. May you find them as hilarious as I do.”
