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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. -   mulliner | Oct 17, 2009 |  Worth reading for the scene in which Hamlet is confronted with the choices of the modern coffee bar. Otherwise, it feels like the other Thursday Next books--too many things moving in different directions to keep track of at once, literary jokes that you may or may not catch, and commentary that veers frequently into a meta-humor. Fforde seems to break stride at points in the novel, making me wonder if it is time to put Thursday Next aside. I personally would rather see more of the Nursery Crimes series. (  ) Wova4 | Oct 4, 2009 | The fourth in a series, this book is similar to the preceding three - good escapist drama, but if you try too hard to figure out the mechanisms of the alternative reality Fforde creates, you'll just end up with a headache. It's better to just sit back, go with the flow, and enjoy the witty repartee and page-turning narrative. I particularly like the Shakespeare and Hamlet references in this book, and while there were a lot of threads in this fourth book, they were much easier to follow than in the second book. Overall, this is a fun, ‘light’ read, especially if you’ve enjoyed the other books in this series. (  ) sweetiegherkin | Sep 1, 2009 | I am a big fan of Thursday Next, but Hamlet is an even bigger love of mine, so to find them both in the same book is like a little bit of Heaven for me. In this novel, Next is still faced with her husband's eradication, Goliath Corporation wants to become a religion and Yorrick Kaine is aiming to be dictator of England. Oh, and the end of the world is possible if the Swindon croquet team loses. Full of wonderful word play, suspense and great literature references, this book is a joy to read from beginning to end. ( )1  MrsLee | Aug 31, 2009 | I enjoy reading Thursday Next novels, but you have to be in a certain state of mind or else your head hurts. Thursday has left Jurisdiction for pursuits grounded in real life. Landon is still eradicated, and Hamlet needs some reality time. Its not as good as the previous Thursday Next novel - it felt more like a book to get the reader from the last book, to the next book. The writing is fast paced, characters are not cardboard cutouts, and mad science gadgetry aboud (the ovinator, anyone?) ( ) TheDivineOomba | Aug 4, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 014303541X, Paperback)The popularity of Jasper Fforde’s one-of-a-kind series builds with each new book. Now in the fourth installment, the resourceful literary detective Thursday Next returns to Swindon from the BookWorld accompanied by her son Friday and none other than the dithering Hamlet. But returning to SpecOps is no snap—as outlaw fictioner Yorrick Kaine plots for absolute power, the return of Swindon’s patron saint foretells doom, and, if that isn’t bad enough, The Merry Wives of Windsor is becoming entangled with Hamlet. Can Thursday find a Shakespeare clone to stop this hostile takeover? Can she vanquish Kaine and prevent the world from plunging into war? And will she ever find reliable child care? Find out in this totally original, action-packed romp, sure to be another escapist thrill for Jasper Fforde’s legions of fans.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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