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Review title: A good start...
Product review: I'd missed the first book in the Thursday Next series, so I thought I'd look back to see how it all started just to see if Fforde's work was always the hodgepodge of time travel, book travel and random bits of soap opera that the other books have proven to be. I found the introduction to the world of Spec. Ops to be a bit more linear and cohesive at the start. Thursday's "sad sack" demeanor is in clear evidence but the novel is much more plot driven and works a bit better than some of the later material. All the characters are in place and Hades never seems to be quite as menacing as he is in his first appearance. You soon realize that with time being so fluid in these storylines that Fforde always has an escape route if he wants to use it if the story gets too dark. This series was off to a good start in the opener and even though I have found the novels to get a bit sillier as time goes on, but they are generally funny enough to deserve a quick read.
