Annoyingly, this book is much less self-contained than The Eyre Affair-- it reads almost like the success of the first book has provided some series security for Fforde, who decided to give the subsequent books an overall plot arc. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it did catch me a bit off guard when the plot didn't resolve itself completely at the end. You have been warned.
Anyway, while it isn't quite as much fun as the original, that's not really the fault of this book. As the series continues, it may start to get overly cute, but that hasn't really happened yet. This is still a fun read, and I definitely recommend it.
(Originally posted to The Library of Babel.)
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