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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This seemed to be winding down the Thursday Next series. I had the feeling that Fforde had begun to tire of her and was just tieing up loose ends. But I still love his writing. (  ) lynneinfla | Nov 7, 2009 |  Another fun, witty escapist drama from Jasper Fforde. The fifth book in the Thursday Next series, this book flash forwards more than a decade to a Thursday with three children, working under the cover of Acme Carpets, as SpecOps has been disbanded. Some of Thursday's old nemeses arrive to cause trouble and Thursday meets a new enemy - herself. Her SpecOps escapees have been chronicled in five badly written novels and the BookWorld version of herself is out for revenge. Fforde has several threads going on at once in this novel, which can make your head hurt a bit if you think too hard about it, but overall this is another adventure-packed title in this series that I would recommend. ( ) sweetiegherkin | Oct 18, 2009 | The last Thursday Next book wrapped things up so neatly, I wondered if Jasper Fforde was even planning on writing any more books in the series. (And what he would write about, if he did.) In this book, Fforde jumps ahead twelve years to a time when Thursday and Landon have two children (or three, depending on who you ask) and most of the Spec Ops divisions, including literary crime, have been dismantled. The book explores the ideas of self and identity quite a bit, as Thursday encounters two literary versions of herself, as well as two versions of her sixteen-year-old son, one of whom wants to eradicate the other. A good read. ( ) Katya0133 | Sep 7, 2009 | I like the Thursday Next Novels, but I find them hard to review. They are incredibly silly, but everything is so well written that it all makes sense, even if your head hurts after word. In this installment - Its 14 years after her last adventure, and SpecOps have been disbanded, Friday, Thursdays hot shot future leader of the time corps chrono guards son, is acting like a typical teen. What is a covert litera tech agent and jurisdiction to do? (  ) TheDivineOomba | Aug 19, 2009 | In all fairness, I have to say that I cannot be sure whether First Among Sequels is actually more boring than the previous books in the series or whether I was just having a bad book week. Unlike the first four Thursday Next books which directly referenced *other* books, one apiece, First Among Sequels is more unfocused. It does, however, reference previous Thursday Next books, four of which are obviously vastly different from the versions existing in our universe, and a fifth which (for reasons explained in the denouement) we will never see. I found this book slow moving and easy to put down; although it has occasional sparkling, witty high points, it is a mild disappointment after the earlier books in the series. Not a bad book at all, but in my rating scheme 3 stars and up are reserved for keepers, and after borrowing this one from the library, I have no urge whatsoever to go out and buy it. (  ) muumi | Jul 19, 2009 | 
 It's an ingenious premise that makes for a thrill ride of a read. And it's not entirely necessary — though perhaps more fun — to read the books in the proper order. Fforde gives enough background in "Thursday Next" to inform readers of all they need to know to find both books hilarious, exhilarating and just a bit exhausting.
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0670038717, Hardcover)Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth installment of Jasper Fforde’s wildly popular seriesBeloved for his prodigious imagination, his satirical gifts, his literate humor, and sheer silliness, Jasper Fforde has delighted book lovers since Thursday Next first appeared in The Eyre Affair, a genre send-up hailed as an instant classic. Since the no-nonsense literary detective from Swindon made her debut, literature has never been quite the same. Neither have nursery rhymes, for that matter. With two successful books of the Nursery Crime series under his belt, Fforde takes up once again the brilliant adventures of his signature creation in the highly anticipated fifth installment of the Thursday Next series. And it’s better than ever. It’s been fourteen years since Thursday pegged out at the 1988 SuperHoop, and Friday is now a difficult sixteen year old. However, Thursday’s got bigger problems. Sherlock Holmes is killed at the Rheinback Falls and his series is stopped in its tracks. And before this can be corrected, Miss Marple dies suddenly in a car accident, bringing her series to a close as well. When Thursday receives a death threat clearly intended for her written self, she realizes what’s going on—there is a serial killer on the loose in the Bookworld. And that’s not all—The Goliath Corporation is trying to deregulate book travel. Naturally, Thursday must travel to the outer limits of acceptable narrative possibilities to triumph against increasing odds. Packed with word play, bizarre and entertaining subplots, and old-fashioned suspense, Thursday’s return is sure to be celebrated by Jasper’s fanatical fans and the critics who have loved him since the beginning. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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