The Fourth Bear
(Nursery Crime)
by Jasper Fforde
fantasy, humour
copyright 2006
read in August 2021
rated 7/10: well worth reading
Fforde's Thursday Next books look behind the scenes of literature.
His Nursery Crime series is set in a world where children's characters are real.
I had a problem at the start... I am not familiar with all of the monster threats which are used to make children behave. The Nursery Rhyme characters are more familiar, I settled in to enjoy the book.
Lots of fun ideas. Several good characters, sometimes with interesting aspects beyond their nursery rhyme origins.
An enjoyable book, I may look for others in the series. A suitably complex plot. Just not enthralling.
I do like the idea of a Battle of the Somme theme park...
I've recently read several books which reference the Somme... and finally realised that it could have been a 100th anniversary. Even writers of humorous fantasy are happy to climb on a bandwagon :-)
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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===Question authority. Don't expect to like the answer." ... per Ginger Meggs
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