Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next #2)
Jasper Fforde, 2002
Thursday Next, employee for the LiteraTech office of Spec Ops, is usually occupied with finding forged copies of rare manuscripts. But when a copy of a long-lost Shakespearean play turns up and appears to be the real thing, life starts to get interesting. And this is in addition to all the trouble she caused when she went inside Jane Eyre and accidentally changed the ending. Now she's been put under the watchful eye of Great Expectation's Miss Havisham, who has been charged with teacher her the ins and outs of jumping into books. But can she use this information to release the man she imprisoned in Poe's The Raven? And can she do it before she's killed by coincidences and the world comes to an end?
I am really enjoying the Thursday Next series. While there are times when I find the humor a bit much, most of the time I find the jokes very funny (Jack Schitt and his half brother, Mr. Schitt-Hawse? How is that not funny?). But in addition to being a very amusing series of books, there is also a lot of action and drama to keep the plot moving along. In this second book, Thursday has to stop the world from ending, keep herself from being killed by an escalating series of coincidences, figure out how to jump in and out of books intentionally, and figure out what happened to her husband and how to get him back from the people who made him disappear. Lots of storyline in this one, but it never got to be too much. A really enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to picking up the next one to find out what happens.
I am really enjoying the Thursday Next series. While there are times when I find the humor a bit much, most of the time I find the jokes very funny (Jack Schitt and his half brother, Mr. Schitt-Hawse? How is that not funny?). But in addition to being a very amusing series of books, there is also a lot of action and drama to keep the plot moving along. In this second book, Thursday has to stop the world from ending, keep herself from being killed by an escalating series of coincidences, figure out how to jump in and out of books intentionally, and figure out what happened to her husband and how to get him back from the people who made him disappear. Lots of storyline in this one, but it never got to be too much. A really enjoyable read and I'm looking forward to picking up the next one to find out what happens.
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