Comments on: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

By: girldetective

girldetective — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:30:43 +0000

I know you’re not slow, so it must’ve been a bad day! It has some clumsy prose, plus some severe mood shifts because of some very dark stuff, but I loved the affection and playfulness with which Jane Eyre is treated. Once it got there, I was smitten.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:58:30 +0000

Either I’m slow or it was a bad day. I started reading this book about a year ago, read a couple of chapters, and realized that I just didn’t get it. I literally didn’t understand what was happening. I didn’t finish the book. Maybe I’ll try again someday since you and Mindy both enjoyed it so much.

By: girldetective

girldetective — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:51:40 +0000

I’ve heard both series are excellent. One good thing about procrastinating on a series is that it’s well under way by the time I get to it!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:11:26 +0000

I really am enjoying this book series. I started on The Well of Lost Plots today. I’m interested to see how things turn out for Thursday Next.

By: Mindy Withrow

Mindy Withrow — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:21:24 +0000

Thanks for your comment on my Eat, Pray, Love review. I’m a Fforde fan too! So far I’ve only ventured into his Thursday Next series (and I still have a couple of those to catch up on) but I really enjoy it and hope to get into the Nursery Crimes series as well. His stuff is so chock full of literary references that I can’t imagine anyone accurately identifying all of them, but it sure is fun to try!