I read somewhere about how a writer should never review books because they are ever going to be unbiased. That was why I was missing all this while- I was away thinking about it. I still haven't made up my mind about that but I had this need to talk about this book s, so here I am. This is not a review then , folks.
I am a Jasper Fforde fan. Okay, a Thursday Next and Nursery Crime fan. I didn't like Shades of Grey, I admit.
So it was with a lot of anticipation that I started this book. I don't know , may be it is my fault. May be my Diminishing Marginal Utility Curve for Thursday Next dipped below the x-axis. if that is not the explanation then I am sorry, this book falls short of the standard set by the earlier books.
I missed the inside jokes about the writing process, the funny and brilliant observations about genres and characters, the pace, the way the books are usually structured at two levels and a lot of other things
The book was almost tedious in places , the plot dragged a bit and after some time I really didn't care what happened to Thursday or Landen or Friday or anything at all. More for old times sake than anything else I finished the book and heaved a sigh of relief that it was over.
It was like saying goodbye to a dear old valued friend.
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