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I really enjoyed this one. I suppose it helps that I've always liked "Jane Eyre". I'm glad Thursday could help poor old Rochester out.
1/3/23: Eighteen years since I read this last, where has the time gone? I had forgotten an awful lot, & there's a lot more depth to it than I remember. I love Pickwick's plocking. The strange alternate reality in this can make you a bit wobbly - hang on, what do I know is true & what is the fantasy? Great fun & an excellent read. ...more
1/3/23: Eighteen years since I read this last, where has the time gone? I had forgotten an awful lot, & there's a lot more depth to it than I remember. I love Pickwick's plocking. The strange alternate reality in this can make you a bit wobbly - hang on, what do I know is true & what is the fantasy? Great fun & an excellent read. ...more
3.5 stars
I have had this book on my TBR list for a few years, but every time I looked at the synopsis and saw “time travel” and “science fiction” I just didn’t think it would be the book for me. So it took a book group challenge (read a science fiction book) to get me to finally tackle this book. I’m glad I did.
Fforde has created an England that is both familiar and completely different. It is 1984, but the Crimean War is still being waged; Wales is England’s enemy; the dodo has been cloned and ...more
I have had this book on my TBR list for a few years, but every time I looked at the synopsis and saw “time travel” and “science fiction” I just didn’t think it would be the book for me. So it took a book group challenge (read a science fiction book) to get me to finally tackle this book. I’m glad I did.
Fforde has created an England that is both familiar and completely different. It is 1984, but the Crimean War is still being waged; Wales is England’s enemy; the dodo has been cloned and ...more
Oct 31, 2011
D.G.
marked it as dnf
I've started this book like a gazillion times in audio and I can never get past the first few chapters (I just don't care.) Maybe I'll give it another try in print one of these days but the audio was not to be.
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It's 1985, the Crimean War is still raging, dodos and thylacines are now common pets, and Thursday Next, daughter of a renegade ChronoGuard who visits her by stopping time to drop by and say hello (rumour has it he is also having an affair with Emma Hamilton), is on the trail of a dastardly fiend by the name of Hades. Hades has stolen the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewhit, and has removed and murdered one of the characters. When the manuscript of Jane Eyre goes missing, Thursday realises
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This book was so imaginative and at times hilarious. This is one quirky author and I totally fell in love with this book. I am definitely going to read more Thursday Next books because this one was so fun.
The story of Thrusday Next a SpecOps agent specializing in literary crimes. I found the book amusing in spots but it took awhile to get going and the book jacket gave away too much of the plot.
May 12, 2008
Kim DeCina
marked it as to-read
Jul 18, 2009
Natascha
rated it
really liked it
Shelves:
fantasy,
series,
historical-fiction,
time-travel,
humour,
detective,
mystery,
surreal,
crime,
speculative-fiction
Sep 07, 2009
Mary Ann
marked it as to-read
Jul 21, 2010
Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review)
rated it
it was amazing
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Dec 11, 2010
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Erin Carney
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Mar 02, 2011
Martha
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Mar 31, 2011
Marla
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Apr 04, 2011
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April
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