Leaving Swindon behind her to hide out in the Well of Lost Plots (the place where all fiction is created), Thursday Next, Literary Detective and soon-to-be one parent family, ponders her next move from within an unpublished book entitled ‘Caversham Heights’. Landen, her husband, is still eradicated and Aornis Hades is meddling with Thursday’s memory. But, something is rotten in the state of Jurisfiction. Perkins is ‘accidentally’ eaten by the Minotaur and Snell succumbs to the Mispeling Vyrus.

As a shadow looms over popular fiction, Thursday must keep her wits about her and discover not only what is going on, but also who she can trust to tell about it… With grammasites, holesmiths, trainee characters, pagerunners, baby dodos and an adopted home scheduled for demolition, ‘The Well of Lost Plots’ is at once an addictively exciting adventure and an insight into how books are made, who makes them - and why there is no singular for ‘scampi’.

- The whole idea of entering the world of fiction works marvellously well in this novel. I heartily recommend reading the introduction page very carefully because this is the first book of the series and it is not easy to get into the rather complicated plot. Or you can just start with the first book of the series and find out where it takes you.

- This guy is really funny and just loves to play with literary and popular culture references, blending them in this mixture which is sometimes hard to read because it overwhelms you with hidden meanings, footnoterphone messages….

- Throughout the whole novel I was trying to recognize every possible reference and I must tell you that it is very pleasing and not entirely possible. Anyhow, do read the novel and find out just what Captain Nemo, Queen and King of Hearts and the Minotaur have in common. Then read it again to find out all the references that you have missed the first time round.

- Let me just mention a few episodes that are an absolute must-read: The rage counselling session lead by Miss Havisham from Great Expectations for the characters in Wuthering Heights; an overview of the book operating systems from the ancients times to this day (and an explanation of the catastrophe that took place in the library of Alexandria); Thursday’s relationship with her dodo pet… I could probably go on and on about The Well of Lost Plots but I’ll just recommend it to all those who enjoy an innovative book that let’s you jump right into the books.

- When I put down this novel I did find some issues with it. There are many brilliant moments but sometimes I did ask myself what is this particular subplot doing in the novel.  Some characters simply come and go as the writer needs them. Also, I found some rather large cracks in the plot. For example, a lot has been explained about fiction in the whole world using a place (or building, or whatever this world of fiction is) that contains only English literature. Apart from that it is a very good read, one that I recommend to everyone.