[books 2014] Jasper Fforde
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inulro28. The Eye of Zoltar by Jasper Fforde
Up till now I had not read any of Fforde's works. However, he was also speaking at the Ben Aaronovitch and Paul Cornell event in May, and he was witty and funny and lovely, so not surprisingly this one ended up coming home with me.
It's a young adult novel. Aimed at the younger end of the spectrum, I think. It's very silly. But very silly in a really sharp way most of the time, offering good comments on our own culture by use of an alternative country, the unUnited Kingdoms. There's a line to the effect of "honour is what happens when you weaponise manners" which I thought was just perfect.
For a YA book, the body count is really high.
Definitely going to get the first two books in this series now, and I eagerly await volume 4.
Up till now I had not read any of Fforde's works. However, he was also speaking at the Ben Aaronovitch and Paul Cornell event in May, and he was witty and funny and lovely, so not surprisingly this one ended up coming home with me.
It's a young adult novel. Aimed at the younger end of the spectrum, I think. It's very silly. But very silly in a really sharp way most of the time, offering good comments on our own culture by use of an alternative country, the unUnited Kingdoms. There's a line to the effect of "honour is what happens when you weaponise manners" which I thought was just perfect.
For a YA book, the body count is really high.
Definitely going to get the first two books in this series now, and I eagerly await volume 4.
