un-put-downable book full of quirks (The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde)

Member Name: ellesmellycat

Product:	The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
Date:	16/05/09 (5 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: easy and funny to read

Disadvantages: none

I picked this book up recently as part of a special offer at Tesco I just wanted a random book to read on the train as I'd forgotten the one i was presently reading. I was the quirky cover that first attracted me but its the brilliant writing that's had me searching out the next books!

I've always being a bit of a book geek I loved the idea of being able to climb into books and be a part of what happening, the basic book plot involves a portal that can transport you into books and bad guy Acheron Hades uses this to do evil deeds. There is a romantic sub-plot(which didn't turn out the way i expected, always a sign of a good book) the names of all the characters are great Thursday Next (our heroine and daughter of a time traveler) Paige Tuner (a fellow Lit-Tech detective) and Landon Park-Laine.

As well as being laugh out loud funny the book is full of interesting little tidbits that will make you smile, you'll find out how the banana was invented; that worms can read and talk and Welsh deovlution.

Summary: first in series about a lit-tech decetive