A hero down, but not
out.
Fiction – Urban Fantasy - Mystery
366 pages
US Publication Date: October 9th 2012 (first published July
12th 2012)
Thursday Next #7
After an assassination attempt, Thursday Next is in need of some recovery
time at her body’s and Landen’s insistence.
She takes a supposedly more sedate job as Chief Librarian back in
Swindon. Though, with Goliath up to
their old tricks, Swindon facing a smiting and Tuesday unable to make the
Anti-Smote shield work, Friday still caught up in a future that will never be
and the un-existence of Jenny life isn’t very restful.
Okay, so this book was way better than One of our Thurdays is Missing(#6)- which was more like a book set
in the TNS world but not really about Thursday Next- but I wouldn’t say quite
as good as First Among Sequels(#5). Fforde’s writing is still deliciously absurd,
but particularly poignant at highlighting human foibles, with eloquence and
humor. This book was – like the others-
fun, exciting, quick paced, witty and clever (have I used enough adjectives
yet?). The ridiculously well-developed
mythology continues to progress and evolve at an exciting rate (I heart you
Jasper and your amazingly flexible imagination) deeply entrenching the reader
in Thurday’s world. A word of caution, though, this book is definitely not a
one off and I strongly recommend making your way through the other books before
trying to tackle this one, otherwise you will be really lost. Also, I always love the blurbs at the start
of the chapters – a staple of the series.
I was a little sad to see the wear and tear book life takes on our hero –
as highlighted in this edition of her exploits – but Thursday is still Thursday
if not a bit more cautious and less impulsive with age and experience. On the down side the plot seemed even more
unfocused than usual and it got to be a little bit of an over load. In TNS there is always a lot going on- which
as a fan I totally expected- but I think some stream lining, like losing the
Aornis Hades plot line, would have helped.
In an effort to wind up some plot points I think Fforde was bit over
ambitious. In the end, though,
everything was brought back into focus and in true TN fashion the ending was
unexpected.
ISBN 067002502X (ISBN13: 9780670025022)
