The best Thursday Next story yet!

Despite the fact that I have read the Thursday next stories in completely the wrong order, I do really like the world and characters Jasper Forde has created, and I think this is the best Thursday Next story so far.
Maybe it's slightly less funny that others in the series, it has a bit more drama and pathos in it, particularly the scenes involving the chimera's and Thursday at her own deathbed are really very sad.
Yes i know everyone is present at their own death bed, but this is Thursday Next so there are two of her. Confused? Read the story, it all makes sense in the end.
I have just one problem with this audio book and it's more of a problem with me than of the book. By sheer chance all of the Thursday Next audio books I've read have been narrated by Gabrielle Kruger and so she, to me, is Thursday Next. Emily Gray does a good job and she sounds a lot like Gabrielle Kruger, but she isn't Gabrielle Kruger and so for the first few chapters I was thinking, who is this impostor that has replaced Thursday Next? But I got over this and learned to live with it, but I still think Gabrielle Kruger is the authoritative Thursday Next.

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Something Rotten, an excellent read.

An excellent read. Really cleverly written. The best book so far in the series. Funny, sad and happy!

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Awesome!

Really good audio book kept me listening start to finish would highly recommend the narrator makes for real easy listening

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Thursday Next, complete at last!

As the titla says, at last we can listen to the complete Thursday Next series. For ages I've had books 1 to 3 & held off from getting book 6, seeing how this and book 5 (First Among Sequels) have not been available. This was particularly galling as the series is really two "four-book" sets where the storylines in books 1 to 4 come to a full conclusion in this book, wrapping up certain character arcs that I won't divulge here in case of ruining the story.

We have a different narrator for this book (Emily Gray as opposed to Gabrielle Kruger who did books 1 to 3). I was a bit unsure about her narration to begin with, and her "male" voices can be a bit archetypal at times. Still, I had no problem with knowing who was speaking, and soon I had forgotten the transition to a new narrator (kind of like a Doctor regenerating in Dr Who, or a new James Bond taking over in a way). One thing I *did* find a tiny bit annoying was that the second part of the character name "Schitt-Hause" was pronounced "hawse" when I am fairly certain the idea was for it to be "house" as a continuation of the puns that Jasper Fforde had put in for this family in the earlier books.

The concept of the "footnoter-phone" comments was a little hard to translate into a linear narration, but the editors seemed to have come up with a reasonable way of doing this without ruining the flow.

Overall the story cracks along like the earlier books, and rounds off the first set of Thursday Next stories nicely. Emily Gray did a good job, and I thoroughly recommend this (but read/listen to the first three books first!)

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Great end to the series

Rounds up all the questions posed throughout the series.
Well read, though i did prefer the other reader earlier on with the more intimate smiley tone. Pleased i bought it

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5 star magic

This book is one of jasper ffords greatest triumph (in my opinion).
This book has it all!!!! Classic misdirection, clever plot twists, a moving story and an amazing end 🤩

🧐😏😥😆

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Growing to love these novels

I am hooked on these stories, the reference to literary works and the characters is inspired. Great sense of humour. I want a Dodo as a pet too!

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AMAZING!!

Just incredible! I loved every bit of it and Fforde never disappoints. I definitely recommend it!

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Loved it! But more Swindon please.

I love Jasper Fforde and this is the best Thursday Next book yet! So hilarious, imaginative and insightful. 10 stars for story.
I only wish the narrator knew where Swindon was... As a Swindonian it is so exciting to hear a book set there. But sadly there are no Swindon accents to be heard in this rendition.

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voices were good but sometimes distracting

enjoyed this as the next book in the Thursday Next series. Loved the references to the previous book and the blue gingham. :)

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