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Something Rotten: A Thursday Next Novel - Community Reviews back

by Jasper Fforde
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I like turtles
I like turtles rated it 13 years ago
So. Much. Fun. I like Thursday a lot more now than I did in the first book of the series. Fforde continuous to amaze me. Fantastically silly. Warning: causes snort-giggles.
Ms. Margie
Ms. Margie rated it 14 years ago
I'm not sure why I liked this less than the previous books. Perhaps I was distracted. It's certainly fun to read more of Fforde's witty writing, but this one didn't amuse me as much as I expected.
The Word Warehouse
The Word Warehouse rated it 14 years ago
The 4th in the series and my least favorite of what I've read in order so far. Seemed to me like an overly ambitious idea to involve all the previous characters in the books in this one and as a result the plot was weaker than in the others. Still Jasper Fforde not at his best is still well worth re...
A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it 14 years ago
Another decent installment to the 'Thursday Next' series, but to be honest, if it weren't for the ending this would have been two stars. The pace was good, and the writing interesting, but I didn't laugh. Not once. And that is supposed to be why I read Fforde. If this book were a stand-up act, it wo...
guiltlessreader
guiltlessreader rated it 15 years ago
Thursday Next, what's next?It's hard not to like Thursday Next, the so-accessible heroine of Fforde's alternate reality and alternate-book-reality. This is the fourth book in the series and I am yet to tire of her misadvertures. It's funny, imaginative reading, and you'll want to read more!The serie...
By Singing Light
By Singing Light rated it 16 years ago
The fourth in the Thursday Next series and the best since The Eyre Affair. Thursday is back from the BookWorld with her son Friday and Hamlet, who wants to see how he is portrayed in the outside world. Complications and hilarity ensue, especially since Yorrick Kaine, the corrupt book character, is s...
mollysmommyreads
mollysmommyreads rated it 16 years ago
I love Jasper Fforde. I adore Thursday Next. The mystery, the time travel, the alternate reality, the humor, the puns!!!! Plus, who doesn't love a pet dodo?
Story Driven
Story Driven rated it 18 years ago
See my review of "Lost in a Good Book"
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