The newest Thursday Next novel is the first that does not
involve a trip into the Bookworld, which I thought I would be disappointed
without. But while this one wasn’t my
favorite of the series I still had a great time reading it and enjoyed the
typical zany plotline.
Thursday has been forced into semiretirement after the
assassination attempt from the previous book.
Much to her dismay, instead of heading up the newly reformed Literary
Detectives, she is put in charge of the Swindon All-You-Can-Eat at Fatso’s Drink
Not Included Library. At home, her
daughter Tuesday is trying in vain to complete the anti-smite shield to protect
humanity from the vengeful deity. Her
son Friday is still dealing with the aftermath of the dissolution of the
Chronogaurd, which has become especially awkward since he now knows that he is
destined to murder someone and spend most of his life in jail. Add to that the improving quality of the
Thursday clones and the mind worm that Aornis Hades implanted, and you have the
makings of an entertaining but incredibly hard to describe book.
As I said, I liked this installment in the series, and it
was nice to have the real Thursday back after her absence in the last
book. I will be eagerly awaiting the
next book in this series, which will see a return back to the Bookworld to
discover more about Dark Reading Matter.
Of course I don’t know how long I will have to wait, it looks like more
than a year at this point. I’ll need
even more books to occupy myself.
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