Apart for Terry who do you consider the best writers?
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I've read Shades of Grey which was absolutely brilliant . The missus has read the whole lot of his other stuff and is a huge fan . Read the Eyre Affair a while back and it is really good.
He's a good turn of phrase and an interesting sense of humour so definitely worth a read. I'll be reading the rest of his books when i get time.
He's a good turn of phrase and an interesting sense of humour so definitely worth a read. I'll be reading the rest of his books when i get time.
Hey Pip
I was quite interested to read that you are in the middle of the Gormenghast
trilogy. I can remember (vaguely) watching a tv adaption of it one time (Zoe Wanamaker as I recall) and it certainly had a fantastic background to the story.
Apparently I've read that the BBC lightened up the storyline to make it less dark. How did you find the first book? was it very heavy??
I was quite interested to read that you are in the middle of the Gormenghast
trilogy. I can remember (vaguely) watching a tv adaption of it one time (Zoe Wanamaker as I recall) and it certainly had a fantastic background to the story.
Apparently I've read that the BBC lightened up the storyline to make it less dark. How did you find the first book? was it very heavy??
Dave
Jasper Fforde is definitely an author who polarises people and I have read some scathing attacks on his books by a number of the Forum reviewers.
For my part I (happily) started on the first book (The Eyre Affair) and have never looked back. I've now read everyone except the Sahdes Of Grey which is my next book purchase.
I find that the whole concept of fictional characters being able to flit from a well known book into the treal world and back again really original and a facinating concept.
To each his own I suppose.
Jasper Fforde is definitely an author who polarises people and I have read some scathing attacks on his books by a number of the Forum reviewers.
For my part I (happily) started on the first book (The Eyre Affair) and have never looked back. I've now read everyone except the Sahdes Of Grey which is my next book purchase.
I find that the whole concept of fictional characters being able to flit from a well known book into the treal world and back again really original and a facinating concept.
To each his own I suppose.
I remember the adaption myself. It had that twat from the Tudors in it.
Peake was an illustrator so his descriptions are quite in depth but this is great for building up an atmosphere.
Its heavy purely because of the level of description used.
It is also quite dark. The first book isn't near as long as the second and is definitely very interesting. The one i'm on now is exceptionally short.
The main reason i took a break is pretty much the length of the second installment.
Peake was an illustrator so his descriptions are quite in depth but this is great for building up an atmosphere.
Its heavy purely because of the level of description used.
It is also quite dark. The first book isn't near as long as the second and is definitely very interesting. The one i'm on now is exceptionally short.
The main reason i took a break is pretty much the length of the second installment.
