Jasper Fforde
Hardcover | Pages: 362 pages Rating: 3.95 | 17389 Users | 1786 Reviews
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| Original Title: | One of Our Thursdays is Missing |
| ISBN: | 1456123688 (ISBN13: 9781456123680) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Thursday Next #6 |
| Characters: | Thursday Next, Jack Schitt, Landen Parke-Laine, Pickwick, Commander Trafford Bradshaw, Emperor Zhark, Daphne Farquitt, Cordelia Flakk, Thursday's Dad (name unknown), Wednesday Next, Spike Stoker, Sprockett |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2011) |
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The newest tour de force from The New York Times bestselling author of Thursday Next and Shades of Grey.Jasper Fforde's exuberant return to the fantastical BookWorld opens during a time of great unrest. All-out Genre war is rumbling, and the BookWorld desperately needs a heroine like Thursday Next. But with the real Thursday apparently retired to the Realworld, the Council of Genres turns to the written Thursday.
The Council wants her to pretend to be the real Thursday and travel as a peacekeeping emissary to the warring factions. A trip up the mighty Metaphoric River beckons-a trip that will reveal a fiendish plot that threatens the very fabric of the BookWorld itself.
Once again New York Times bestselling author Jasper Fforde has a field day gleefully blending satire, romance, and thriller with literary allusions galore in a fantastic adventure through the landscape of a frisky and fertile imagination. Fans will rejoice that their favorite character in the Fforde universe is back.
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| Title | : | One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Thursday Next #6) |
| Author | : | Jasper Fforde |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 362 pages |
| Published | : | March 8th 2011 by Viking Adult |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Mystery. Humor. Writing. Books About Books. Science Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 17389 Users | 1786 ReviewsPiece About Books One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (Thursday Next #6)
The written Thursday Next has a lot to handle. Since the destruction of Thursday1-4, Thursday5 has become the only written Thursday Next with five books falling to her. She views it her duty to due justice by the real Thursday Next, which none of her fellow book characters like. Under the regime of the previous Thursday they were allowed to run whatever scams and deals they felt like, secure in the knowledge of a strong reader base due to the amounts of sex and violence. That reader base isOh, I just loved this book. From beginning to its very wonderful end.Im in love with Jasper Fforde. Hes got a brilliant imagination and hes hilarious, so wickedly funny!At first I was puzzled and missed the real Thursday and the real Pickwick, but I quickly got on board with this romp. I ended up loving the written Thursday and I loved Sprockett, her butler. I got reminded of the previous books as I read, especially in the little blurbs that start each chapter.A fun and clever book. A great
As you can tell I am not reading this series in order. I read the first book, to see what it was like and enjoyed it because of the literary references. Then when my coworker, Doug B. (he's the one who introduced me to this series), told me I should read this one next, and that I could borrow it from him, I didn't hesitate.To be perfectly honest, it took me a while to figure out what the heck was going on, but once I understood, I enjoyed the book, as it was very meta and a bit bizarre, two
OK I am a Fforde fan as opposed to a Ford van which is just silly and I'm not sure why I wrote that - could be the large glass of red wine I suppose. Anyhoo, this latest Thursday Next epistle is good and packed to the rafters with literary references/puns and allusions. I found it to be a little more smug than previous episodes and I'm not sure how much farther the series can go without a fairly radical influx of new ideas/characters. I wasn't as gripped by this one as those that have gone
The least entertaining of the series, yet still more entertaining than most books.
I really enjoy Jasper Ffordes writing. It sparkles. The problem is I dont often find him in local bookstores, and Barnes and Noble appeals only to the lowest common denominator. In any case, Ive read five of his novels and have been consistently impressed by his wit and humor. One of Our Thursdays Is Missing is part of his Thursday Next series. Although I havent done this, I recommend starting from the beginning and following the books in order. (I dont, for reasons explained on my blog: Sects
It is always nice to be back in the world of Thursday Next. It has been such a long time (4 years) since the last installment of the series that I couldn't remember much about "First Among Sequels." I went online to refresh myself, but I still felt a bit out of the loop. Fortunately I had reread the first three books in the past year or so (pure pleasure), and that helped. Although this book doesn't refer back to the earlier plots as much as I feared, I would never recommend reading this without
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