Summary and Reviews of Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde

Media Reviews

Greenmanreview.com - Cat Eldridge Jasper Fforde is every bit as brilliant in this series as Douglas Adams was in The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy series. It's that good. Indeed I could say that it's even better plotted with more memorable characters than that venerable series but that will take a few more readings to say that with certainty. I do know that, like Kage Baker's 'The Company' series, I eagerly look forward to each new novel, and am disappointed when I finish it. This is truly The Good Stuff.

The New York Times Book Review Harry Potter Just for Adults... effortlessly readable and unashamedly escapist.

BookPage.com - Gavin J Grant Fforde juggles his way through space and time (Thursday's dead father and eradicated husband both make crucial appearances) and manages to retain the madcap energy of Thursday's earlier adventures. Despite some recapping of previous events, there is so much going on that readers new to the series might best begin with the first book, The Eyre Affair.

The New York Times - Janet Maslin, The pileup of all these ingredients, not to mention the hedgehog Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle from the Beatrix Potter books and cameo appearances by certain Alice in Wonderland characters, make Something Rotten more than clever they make it clever and a half. Mr. Fforde's penchant for plotting knows no bounds ... it's easy to be delighted by a writer who loves books so madly - and who can imagine a Hamlet who roams the real world, declaring That Freud fellow will have a bloody nose if ever I meet him. Mr. Fforde is the man who could arrange that meeting.

 Harriet Klausner As usual with a Thursday Next novel, literary giants are shredded and “exposed” as Jasper Fforde takes characters like Hamlet with his foibles and places him in the real world. The latest adventures are wild, over the edge, and very amusing. Fans need to set aside time because they will be LOST IN A GOOD BOOK literally sharing SOMETHING ROTTEN affair with the heroine as she tries to keep the myriad of lost plots straight. Once again nothing is sacred as Jasper Fforde satirizes with humorous word play literature and real icons.