In my current read there are jokes and puns aplenty.
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Sergeant Mary Mary is transferred to Reading police station.
"´Mary?´ said an officer who was carrying a large potted plant in the manner of someone who thinks it is well outside their job description. ´... How often do you water these things?´
´That one?´ replied Mary without emotion. ´Never. It´s plastic.´"
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´Jack, I want you to meet Detective Sergeant Mary´.
´Hello,´ said Jack.
´Mary Mary,´ said Mary Mary.
´Hello, hello?´
´Don´t play the fool, Spratt,´ cut in Briggs.
´It´s Mary Mary,´ explained Mary. ´That´s my name.´
´Mary Mary? Where are you from? Baden-Baden?´
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Perhaps there are too many jokes and too little plot in Jasper Fforde´s "The Big Over Easy". At least I got a bit tired after a few chapters and left the book behind in our cottage.
A non-review? I am not quite sure yet. Maybe I´ll pick it up again some other day.
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I've never managed to complete a Jasper Fforde book yet.
Dorte - Oh, I do like your idea for contributing to the letter "J." And I really like the ones you shared. But I agree; they can get overdone. Plot's always more important, isn't it?
Margaret: I am glad I am not the only one. There are so many readers who seem to love him, and I don´t mind jokes in cosyish crime, but I *do* want a proper plot, and I must admit that I don´t really care who killed Humpty Dumpty.
Just hopped over from Margot's blog to say hi. Humour in books is very difficult - and as I read the other day - having a person in your book laugh doesn't count!
Your site looks fun.
Jan Morrison
Nice to meet you here, Jan. There is plenty of humour in the book, perhaps almost too much. I think this kind of humour might work better in short stories.
Even a bit lame for me though I admit I had to smile at the first 'joke'.
Strange how we sometimes can't read a book only to enjoy it at a later date.
I prefer subtle humor, dark humor or sarcasm. Slapstick or silly stuff is okay, but only in small doses. I can't imagine a book filled with it.
wouldn't be my cup of tea at all Dorte. Thanks for contributing to this week's CFA
I read his The Eyre Affair and enjoyed it, but after that it just seemed like too much of a good thing (or maybe even a not-so-good thing). I certainly couldn't take his humor in large doses.
Tracy: I may try it for a lazy summer day, who knows.
Kelly: I like many kinds of humour, but I need more plot than I found in this one.
Kerrie: you are welcome.
Margot: sorry I didn´t see your comment. It must have come while I was answering Margaret´s. Yes, plots rule! - at least in crime fiction.
Bev: the style of this one seemed a bit cartoonish and not suitable for a whole novel.
I enjoy humour in detective fiction especially in a witty detective. Anthony Bidulka's character, Russell Quant, has a natural wit and charm. When humour is part of the character I find it enhances the book.
Bill: nice to meet you!
Usually I also enjoy humour in crime (I have just read two Irish novels that were hilarious). In this case I thought it was crime in humour, though ;)
I have not given up Jasper Fforde completely, but I will put the book back on the shelf and see what happens.
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