Joshua Gross’s Reviews > The Eyre Affair > Status Update
Joshua Gross
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Fforde 's ADHD style of writing is sometimes confusing, occasionally annoying, but so far has been engaging and interesting. His decision to give us what happened with Acheron as part of Thursday's statement to the higher ups after the fact was weird and yet somehow makes it more interesting. If anyone else had tried it I'd be bored to tears
— Sep 26, 2026 06:15PM
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Joshua Gross
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I don't even remember this Rocky Horror-style Richard III theater
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Joshua Gross
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It seemed very unclear what affliction Spike had and I think the first time I read this I thought werewolf but he is suffering from vampirism and takes medication for it
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Joshua Gross
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This plot is a bit meandering, and there's a lot of details we really don't need
— Sep 27, 2026 01:20PM
Joshua Gross
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So far everyone in this book where it's mentioned has only drank coffee, not tea
— Sep 27, 2026 09:36AM
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Thursday's father hilariously interrupts a very fraught reunion with her ex in order to tell her about the invention of the banana
— Sep 27, 2026 08:33AM
Joshua Gross
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Reference to his nursery crime series as a TV show in this world
— Sep 27, 2026 07:58AM
Joshua Gross
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Mycroft's Retinal Screensaver has flying toasters just like the classic After Dark screensavers
— Sep 27, 2026 07:42AM
Joshua Gross
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"We were developing a machine that used egg white, heat, and sugar to synthesize methanol when a power surge caused an implosion. Owens was meringued. By the time we chipped him out the poor chap had expired."
What a delicious way to go, though...
— Sep 27, 2026 07:34AM
What a delicious way to go, though...
Joshua Gross
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Always loved the dodos and their love of marshmallows
— Sep 27, 2026 07:29AM
Joshua Gross
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I like the points he's making on war, in regards to this 131 year version of the Crimean War in the book. It's a pointless war causing enormous loss of life fueled by nationalism and xenophobic pride
— Sep 27, 2026 05:44AM