Well of Lost Plots
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Well of Lost Plots

by Jasper Fforde

2002•Comedy•384 pages

Taste attributes: comedyfantasymysteryfastfresh & originalimaginaryintricateglossybig & variedall consuming questfish out of water/culture clashsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeExpect a heightened, smart comic novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

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4.2 / 5

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About This Book

"Leaving Swindon behind her, to hide out in the Well of Lost Plots - the place where all fiction is created - Thursday Next, Literary Detective and soon-to-be one parent family, ponders her next move from inside an unpublished novel of dubious merit entitled Caversham Heights.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ComedyFantasyMysteryAll consuming questFish out of water/culture clashSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Subjects

Imaginary historiesLibrariesDetective and mystery storiesGovernment agentsWomen detectivesBooks and readingEnglish Women novelistsTime travel

Details

Author
Jasper Fforde
Published
2002
Pages
384
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