*may contain spoilers*
I FINALLY finished this book! It took me forever to read it, but not because it wasn't good. In fact, I really, really enjoyed it. It was a hilarious book filled with page after page of wonderful nonsense. And by wonderful nonsense, I mean something along the lines of Terry Prachett meets "Alice in Wonderland" with just a hint of "Red Dwarf" thrown in for good measure.
The author of the book is obviously intelligent, well-read, and snarky as hell because that is exactly what the book is -- intelligent, well-written, and snarky, sarcastic, and delightful. There were parts of this book that were so filthy and dirty, but in the most hilarious way possible. I never thought a haberdashery could be so sexual in nature. Haha.
There are also several -- SEVERAL -- literary and pop culture references strewn throughout the book that pop up and are gone so quickly you'll miss them if you aren't careful, and I LOVED finding them. Every time I recognized one of these little literary cameos, I got excited and giggly. For instance, the boy whose parents gave him the unfortunate name of Sioux (hehe) or the bright sun which sparkled over the city like twinkly vampires (snort).
I especially loved the part in the book where Bernard Wimple is forced to chase down grumplings and devour them before they ran rampant. Ha. It just cracked me up. I was laughing out loud the whole time.
It was a great little book. The only reason it took me so long to read it -- as I said in my updates while reading -- was because the font was small and single spaced, which killed my pitiful eyes. So I could only read a little at a time, but make no mistake, I truly did enjoy this book. I highly recommend it to fans of smart-ass comedy books.
I FINALLY finished this book! It took me forever to read it, but not because it wasn't good. In fact, I really, really enjoyed it. It was a hilarious book filled with page after page of wonderful nonsense. And by wonderful nonsense, I mean something along the lines of Terry Prachett meets "Alice in Wonderland" with just a hint of "Red Dwarf" thrown in for good measure.
The author of the book is obviously intelligent, well-read, and snarky as hell because that is exactly what the book is -- intelligent, well-written, and snarky, sarcastic, and delightful. There were parts of this book that were so filthy and dirty, but in the most hilarious way possible. I never thought a haberdashery could be so sexual in nature. Haha.
There are also several -- SEVERAL -- literary and pop culture references strewn throughout the book that pop up and are gone so quickly you'll miss them if you aren't careful, and I LOVED finding them. Every time I recognized one of these little literary cameos, I got excited and giggly. For instance, the boy whose parents gave him the unfortunate name of Sioux (hehe) or the bright sun which sparkled over the city like twinkly vampires (snort).
I especially loved the part in the book where Bernard Wimple is forced to chase down grumplings and devour them before they ran rampant. Ha. It just cracked me up. I was laughing out loud the whole time.
It was a great little book. The only reason it took me so long to read it -- as I said in my updates while reading -- was because the font was small and single spaced, which killed my pitiful eyes. So I could only read a little at a time, but make no mistake, I truly did enjoy this book. I highly recommend it to fans of smart-ass comedy books.
