Jasper Fforde

Something Rotten (Thursday Next Novels)

Jenny Ramsay

Something Rotten

Sian Wadey

I've always been a fan of Jasper Fforde eclectic style of writing, even if I do prefer his Nursery Crime work. The Thursday Next novels are always a joy to read, full of mad cap ideas, literary characters and outlandish notions. In Something Rotten Thursday is babysitting Hamlet while political conspiracy rages around her, yet she is closer than ever to getting her husband returned to her. To top it all off, she needs to win a game of croquet to prevent the end of the world as she knows it. 
The characters are complex and unique and Fforde creates such a fully realised world it's hard to believe it isn't real. The eye for detail is phenomenal and this is what really makes these books come to life. I cannot wait to delve into the next one!

Sarah Escorsa

➽ And the moral of this rereread is: this series is a book lover's wet dream. And that, my Little Barnacles, is a scientifically proven fact (just ask Uncle Mycroft).

➽ And the other moral of this rereread is: Hamlet Cousin Eddie + one-sided Lorem Ipsum conversations + Hamlet alpha dodos + Herr Otto Bismarck + outbreaks of unconstrained and wholly inapproprapiate Slapstick + officially sanctioned stalkers + Admiral Nelson slightly suicidal navy officers + Teutonic slap and tickle (you don't want to know) + illegally owned bootleg cheese + Lady Emma Hamilton bankrupt lushes + trained apologists + homicidal maniacs intent on galactic domination Emperor Zhark + chronuption + female gorillas unusually hairy women + croquet-playing Neanderthals =



👋 To be continued and stuff

· Book 1: The Eyre Affair ★★★★★
· Book 2: Lost in a Good Book ★★★★★
· Book 3: The Well of Lost Plots ★★★★★
· Book 5: First Among Sequels ★★★★
· Book 6: One of Our Thursdays is Missing ★★★
· Book 7: The Woman Who Died a Lot ★★★★
· Book 8: Dark Reading Matter -  to be published



[July 2013]

I'm rereading the whole Thursday Next series and I'm having such a great time! I think I'm actually enjoying the books even more the second time around:) Something Rotten is probably one of my favorite installment in the series and I just love having Hamlet in the real world, along with Lady Hamilton, an extra dodo, St Zvlkx... This is just brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!



[October 2005]

The best book in the Thursday Next series & a hilarious must-read! I really hope Jasper Fforde will write a follow-up to Thursday Next's adventures:) Not to be missed: the conversation between Hamlet & Lady Hamilton, complete with Old English and Courier Bold, it's hilarious!

Liz Carpenter

3.5 stars for a chaotic but very entertaining story, 4 stars for the narration.

Alexandra Mellas

The fourth and ‘concluding’ instalment of the Thursday Next series, Something Rotten answers all your questions about the books and ties up the loose ends you hadn’t noticed. From uneradication and Yorrick Kaine’s origin story to Granny Next and the end of the world - everything starts making sense. 

A fun, thrilling and nonsensical read that will bend your brain.

Jeni Enjaian

This is my favorite so far of the Thursday Next series. While I enjoyed The Well of Lost Plots and it's entirely "fictional" setting, I much preferred the setting of Thursday's alternative reality.
This book was full of literary allusions that made me laugh when I realized them. Fforde weaves them in so effortlessly, avoiding any undue scrutiny. They're like little Easter eggs for literature enthusiasts.
The plot flowed along brilliantly. The characters were all well-developed. Everything fit together. This series is rapidly climbing to the top of my all-time favorites list. I can't find a single thing that I didn't like about this book.

I highly recommend this book and the entire series. It is quite simply, amazing.

Something Rotten (Thursday Next Novels)

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