Liking these books is a no-brainer for me. Weird alternative reality, plenty of literary references, time travel, and quirky characters make them a delight from start to finish. I will definitely be picking up the next book in this series much sooner than I got around to this one.

Not as cohesive as Eyre Affair. All setup with almost no payoff. It essentially ends with a "to be continued..." Still zany and fun, but the number of words made up by the author has increased alarmingly-- and we all know that this can lead to a decrease in the probability that the book is good. (See xkcd chart.)

Great read, but a sad ending. Glad that there is another book in the series.

Thursday Next is back, but Landon is not. He has been eradicated by Goliath in an attempt to blackmail Thursday into retrieving Jack Schitt. Meanwhile, Thursday's father has warned her that the world is going to end, leaving behind nothing but pink goo. Finally, Thursday is recruited by Jurisfiction where she learns to jump into books under the tutelage of Miss Havisham. Yes, that Miss Havisham. Not as fun as the first book, but still a lot of fun. Ending is a little unfulfilling, but since there is a sequel, hopefully the hanging bits are resolved.

Not quite as brilliantly mind-blowing as The Eyre Affair, but still very heady stuff. Write on, Jasper Fforde!

This is in fact the SECOND book in the Thursday next series. The first is the Eyre Affair

Reading this, the first of Jasper Fforde's books, was the first time I've been surprised, delighted and amazed by a novelists imagination in a LONG time.

Every reader knows the wonderful feeling of being lost in a good book. You never want it to end. Well, this book is about really being lost in a good book! Thursday Next, a young special agent with the government already knows how to jump into a story and mingle with the characters. But when her husband has been eradicated so that only she remembers him as a grown man, she jumps into action by going into Great Expectations and apprenticing herself to Miss Haversham. Yes, THAT Miss Haversham! And this is when it gets really interesting. Soon she is trying to save the world with her time travelling father, running through a casualty ridden book sale, and jumping in and out of classic books. For instance her turn in the Kafka court will leave the reader in stitches. And every character has the perfect name! Not only a rollicking good read, but the funniest book I have read in ages. This is the second book in the series.