The Woman Who Died a Lot
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The Bookworld's leading enforcement officer, Thursday Next, has been forced into semiretirement following an assassination attempt. When Thursday's former SpecOps division is reinstated, she assumes she's the obvious choice to lead the Literary Detectives. But our banged-up heroine is no spring chicken, and her old boss has a cushier job in mind for her: chief librarian of the Swindon All-You- Can-Eat at Fatso's Drink Not Included Library. But where Thursday goes, trouble follows ... (Bestseller).
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7 primary books#7 in Thursday Next
Thursday Next is a 7-book series with 8 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Jasper Fforde. The next book is scheduled for release on .
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As usual, I couldn't wait to dive into another of Thursday Next's adventures. And while Jasper delivers wonderfully quirky ideas, well-written sub-plots and hilarious dialogue, I missed the BookWorld and the literary references. My favorite sub-story is by far the Jenny plot line (awesomesauce!) but other than that I found the ending(s) slightly anti-climactic.
Still, this is Jasper Fforde we're talking about here. So overall, I had a LOT of fun with this book and it comes highly recommended.
Read my full review over at SFF Book Review
I've read and loved the rest of the books in the Thursday Next series, but somehow in my earlier readings of the series, I never made it all the way to this one. And starting out, I really didn't think I was going to like it – I thought that Fforde had jumped the shark a bit. But as usual, the further along I made it into the book and the more absorbed into the Nextian universe, the more I enjoyed it. I wouldn't say this is my favorite in the series, but I ended up liking it much more than expected.
However, one of my favorite things about this series is the world-building that Fforde has done, and there were a number of inconsistencies from previous books that threw me off. For example, in First Among Sequels, a major plot point is that Friday wants to prevent the invention of time travel. Then in this book, the dis-invention of time travel is presented as more of a mistake from another time traveler. It's almost as if Fforde regretted that he wrote out the ChronoGuard, so he reinvented his own book's history to make up for it. In addition, my favorite of the Thursday Next books are the ones that involve both the Outland and the BookWorld, so I also was missing the BookWorld in this one.
I've had a lot of fun reading this series and I'm sorry to see the end of it. I love this heroine and her quirky, offbeat family and friends. Every book has provided humor and entertainment and lots of literature and pop culture related jokes. Kind of nerdy, but I liked it.
This was a fine conclusion to the story (for now?). I love how the quality of these was maintained throughout the series.
