The Fourth Bear is the second book in Jasper Fforde's Nursery Crime series. In a nutshell, Fforde's books are random. They make me laugh out loud and marvel over his creativity. This particular book includes a serial-killing Gingerbreadman, Goldilocks and the three bears, and of course, the ominous fourth bear.
Fforde includes so many twists and turns in his mysteries that it's hard to keep them all straight sometimes, but they are entertaining all the way. Not being a fan of fantasy, it surprises me that I like Fforde's books so much--but then, I'm not sure I'd classify them as fantasy, exactly. Just put them in the 'random' category.
I think that having the background of reading Fforde's Thursday Next series is a plus for reading The Fourth Bear, as there are lots of details that you might miss without the backstory. Mom, I think I saw you had this checked out from the library in December, did you ever read it? What did you think?
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