Summary and Reviews of The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde

Media Reviews

People Enchanting . . . a tale to savor. Harry Potter fans outgrowing Hogwarts should dive in.

The Washington Post Head-spinning narrative agility. His novel is satire, fantasy, literary criticism, thriller, whodunit, game, puzzle, joke, post-modern prank and tilt-a-whirl.

Entertainment Weekly Brainier silliness is hard to find.

Booklist - Keir Graff Anyone who thinks there's really nothing new in fiction hasn't been reading Fforde's wildly inventive, genre-bending Thursday Next series....Amid the humor, wordplay, and fun with fiction's conventions, there's both a decent mystery and a book lover's plea to save the world's messiness from corporate streamlining. This will surely delight bookworms--and real people, too.

Library Journal - Devon Thomas Fforde has settled comfortably into series mode, producing another fun romp in an alternate universe where books are more real than reality; there's a pun on every other page and a galaxy of literary and pop references to keep the reader's head spinning.

Publishers Weekly In this delicious sequel to The Eyre Affair and Lost in a Good Book, Fforde's redoubtable (and now throwing-up-pregnant) heroine Thursday Next once again does battle with philistine bibliophobes....Fforde's sidesplitting sendup of an increasingly antibookish society is a sheer joy.

Kirkus Reviews Third course in a feast of hyperliterary alternate-reality thrillers may prove too rich for some stomachs.....Like anchovies, Wagner, and Helmut Newton will greatly appeal to people with unusual tastes--and befuddle everyone else.