First among Sequels
(Thursday Next #5)
by Jasper Fforde
humour, fantasy
copyright 2007
read in December 2020
rated 8/10: really quite good
It's been a while since I read other books in this series. Yet my feeling is... this is the best one yet :-)
There are references to the previous four Next books, they don't seem to make sense ... till it all comes together. There are references to a later book, as yet unwritten, which ... eventually fits perfectly into the plot.
There is a secondary plot -- time travel -- which is completely unrelated to the "bookworld" plot. Until... it all fits into place. There is a complex -- yet wholly comprehensible, finally -- plot. Amazing!
Then there are the constant allusions to other books. The cast of Pride and Prejudice are a delight. (I'm a P&P fan.) Others are (to me) less familiar, I have taken to reading with regular cross-checks to Wikipedia. Cold Comfort Farm... through the barn... see "something"... search for Ada Doom... and *then* I chuckle :-)
Then: Thank you to Fforde for "plot, pace, character and atmosphere", an interesting addition to my knowledge. And finally: The book provides an extremely clear and very logical explanation of the creative process of reading and writing novels. At last, it all makes sense.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
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