No, this isn't a commentary on DeviantART's color scheme. It's a brief journal entry to report that I've bought and read Jasper Fforde's new book, and like all of his previous books, it was a truly enjoyable read. The dialogue, the descriptions, the characters and most of all the ideas all lent themselves to a story that was darker than his usual material, yet the typical humor and charm that I've grown used to in his books still shone through.

I've yet to find an author with as many mind-bogglingly original concepts as Fforde, and a lot of the lines in the book embody such incredible cleverness that they practically smack you in the face with their wittiness. The only negative things I can come up with are that this book took almost two years to be published rather than the usual single year, and it will be another two books before all the secrets of the world of Shades of Grey are revealed, and this first one ended much too soon.


------------------------------------
Home: [link]
KQ9:IT^4: [link]
The Textpile: [link]
Commission Info: [link]
Got a question about animations? Read this first: [link]
Email: Akril15[at]aol.com