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| First Among Sequels |
At last! Two weeks ago, the latest book in the Thursday Next series First Among Sequels came out and I was clearly running low on wackiness in my life. If you’re not familiar with the series, I highly recommend him. His books take place half inside other books, like Jane Eyre, Great Expectations, and so on. It’s a bit hard to explain, because an awful lot has happened in the last five books.
In this book, Thursday has to deal with problems in fiction, including training her fictional counterparts to work for Jurisfiction, and get her son to start his apparently fantastic career with the Chronoguard. (Do you see now why you need to start at the beginning?)
I have to say though, considering the originality of the first four books, this one was a bit of a let down. There wasn’t a lot that was new here, compared to these books. Instead, there seemed be a lot of rehashing of old ideas. I did like the Chronoguard plot, but it wasn’t enough to sustain the book. I also didn’t like the ending. You can end a chapter on a cliffhanger, but to end a book on a cliffhanger is just irritating. It smacks of a ploy to make you buy the next book.