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Originally Posted by HarryT
Do you not find that they get a little "repetitive" after a while? I really enjoyed the first couple of the "Thursday Next" books but after that found that they were basically just the same idea repeated over and over again. There's only so much of that that I can take.
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No, not really. Perhaps it's because I find the universe quite fascinating, and I think he makes good use of the characters and develops them - as well as he also develops the universe. I'll admit I'm charmed by the idea of the bookworld, too
Finally, I really like Thursday as a heroine. She is in many ways quite ordinary, with ordinary problems, and she solves her problems without superpowers or extraordinary intelligence - she just keeps going and keeps fighting. She's also self-reliant, she doesn't
need a man, though she has one that she very much wants to be with. There's very little of typical gender behaviour in Thursday - she's just herself. That's very unusual, and I like it.