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| Title | : | The Fourth Bear (Nursery Crime #2) |
| Author | : | Jasper Fforde |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 382 pages |
| Published | : | August 3rd 2006 by Viking Penguin (first published January 1st 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Mystery. Fiction. Humor |
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Hardcover | Pages: 382 pages Rating: 4.08 | 20806 Users | 1235 Reviews
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Jack Spratt and Mary Mary return in their second adventure from the inimitable Jasper FfordeFive years ago, Viking introduced Jasper Fforde and his upsidedown, inside-out literary crime masterpieces. And as they move from Thursday Next to Jack Spratt’s Nursery Crimes, his audience is insatiable and growing. Now, with The Fourth Bear, Jack Spratt and Mary Mary take on their most dangerous case so far as a murderous cookie stalks the streets of Reading.
The Gingerbreadman—psychopath, sadist, genius, and killer—is on the loose. But it isn’t Jack Spratt’s case. He and Mary Mary have been demoted to Missing Persons following Jack’s poor judgment involving the poisoning of Mr. Bun the baker. Missing Persons looks like a boring assignment until a chance encounter leads them into the hunt for missing journalist Henrietta “Goldy” Hatchett, star reporter for The Daily Mole. Last to see her alive? The Three Bears, comfortably living out a life of rural solitude in Andersen’s wood.
But all is not what it seems. How could the bears’ porridge be at such disparate temperatures when they were poured at the same time? Why did Mr. and Mrs. Bear sleep in separate beds? Was there a fourth bear? And if there was, who was he, and why did he try to disguise Goldy’s death as a freak accident?
Jack answers all these questions and a few others besides, rescues Mary Mary from almost certain death, and finally meets the Fourth Bear and the Gingerbreadman face-to-face.
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| Original Title: | The Fourth Bear |
| ISBN: | 0670037729 (ISBN13: 9780670037728) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Nursery Crime #2 |
| Characters: | Jack Spratt, Mary Mary |
| Setting: | United Kingdom |
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Ratings: 4.08 From 20806 Users | 1235 ReviewsWrite Up Epithetical Books The Fourth Bear (Nursery Crime #2)
I have always liked the theory of a Jasper Fforde book more than the execution. Fforde has some clever ideas, but he often throws too many of them together, till it stops making sense. The plot bogs down. It's not that funny But this was a pleasant exception. For me, at least, "The Fourth Bear" nailed it. Still a lot of funny ideas, but they all make sense. A simple but effective plot. The characters are fleshed out and interesting. Excellent villains, including the Gingerbreadman assassin. AndI love Jasper Fforde. I want to have coffee with him, because if he is anything like his books then it would be one hell of a coffee date. Nursery Rhyme characters are real and live in Reading, U.K. -- Punch and Judy make loud next door neighbors, Humpty Dumpty was murderd last book, the Gingerbread Man is a psychotic killer, and so on. Rambosians are aliens that have applied for earth citizenship because they love bureaucracy and 1970s sitcoms (many have been granted said citizenship). .
This is Mr. Fforde's take on Goldilocks and the Three Bears and though parts of it are hysterical, too much of a good thing isn't a good thing. Fforde's wordplay and puns are phenomenal but 400 pages of same, got a bit tedious. And there is simply too much going on - Goldilocks's disappearance, alien detectives, a killer gingerbread man, Punch and Judy, a mad bomber and lots of bears because bears have rights too.I could have done without the whole Punch and Judy thing as that served no purpose
Second in the Nursery Crime take-off-on nursery rhymes and fairytales series and revolving around a police division headed up by Jack Spratt. Its been four months since The Big Over Easy , 1.My TakeThis one is a bit confusing, but dont worry about it. Eventually it all comes right, as Fforde just has to set up that bit of foreshadowing. Of course, those epigraphs were still totally weird, and I dont see how the majority of them contributed to the story. The concept, sure. But.I do wish that
DCI Jack Spratt's life as head of the Nursery Crime Division comes with its perils, and this story is no exception. Lambasted by the media after Red Riding Hood and her gran get eaten by a wolf, Jack is supposed to hand the reins to his number 2, Detective Sergeant Mary Mary. But then Goldilocks, a local journalist and Friend To Bears, goes missing after interviewing a prize cucumber grower who was then killed in a massive explosion that took out half the village of Obscurity. Is this somehow
Oh, goodness, I'm not even sure where to start. The Gingerbread Man is a psychotic killer who escapes from jail. Goldilocks is found dead in a partly-finished WWI theme park. Sinister events plague the cutthroat world of competitive cucumber-growing. Bears deal in illicit porridge paraphernalia. Punch and Judy are marriage counselors. The whole thing is absolutely ridiculous, but Detective Jack Spratt is on the case. I got quite a few chuckles out of this one, but most of the really good laughs
In The Fourth Bear, mystery meets fantasy as we enter a world of police procedure like I've never seen it before. The story follows Inspectors Jack Spratt and Mary Mary as they head up the Nursery Crime Division in the town of Reading. They specialize in crimes featuring familiar faces of our collective quaint childhood memories in a dark and twisted reality where the Gingerbread Man is a highly skilled serial killer and Goldilocks ends up dead. The Fourth Bear was pretty much everything I hoped
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