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The Great Troll War
The Great Troll War | Jasper Fforde
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The final instalment of the Last Dragonslayer Chronicles, demonstrating that with a small band of committed followers, a large tin of resolve and steely determination, almost anything can be achieved . . . Sixteen-year-old Jennifer Strange and her sidekick and fellow Orphan Tiger Prawns have been driven to the tip of the UnUnited Kingdoms - Cornwall - by the invasion of the Trolls. Their one defence is a six-foot-wide trench full of buttons, something which the Trolls find unaccountably terrifying (it's their clickiness). Worse than being eaten by Trolls is the prospect of the Mighty Shandar requisitioning the Quarkbeast and using him to achieve supreme power and domination - an ambition that has been four hundred years in the planning and which will ultimately leave the Earth a cold cinder, devoid of all life. Nothing has ever looked so bleak, but Jennifer, assisted by a renegade vegan Troll, a bunch of misfit sorcerers, the Princess (or is she now the ruler?) of the UnUnited (or are they now United?) Kingdoms, and Tiger, must find a way to vanquish the most powerful wizard the world has ever seen, and along the way discover the truth about her parents, herself, and what is in the locked glovebox of her VW Beetle . . .
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
The Great Troll War | Jasper Fforde
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There are whole Jasper Fforde series out in the world that have past me by, unnoticed… I saw this when I was perfect ordering the YA section today (featuring my messed up index finger. I try not to look at it.)

I love Jasper Fforde but I did forget about him for a second there (when is the last nursery crimes book coming out?!)

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BarbaraJean
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I liked this conclusion to the Last Dragonslayer series. It‘s very Ffordean, all the way down to his own cameo as a fantasy writer brought in to imagine the villain‘s plans, since fantasy writers can always come up with something bigger and bolder than anyone else could imagine. 😂 It‘s a bit light on emotional connection/depth for me, which is the same criticism I had with the previous book. But it‘s a fun YA novel in true Ffordean style.

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BarbaraJean
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‘Tell us a weird idea you‘ve come up with that‘s *totally* out there.‘

‘…a book about Humpty Dumpty as a police procedural.‘
‘I think that‘s been done,‘ said the Troll. ‘Everyone‘s always retelling nursery rhymes…‘
‘How about a social order based wholly on the strength of your colour vision?‘
‘Better,‘ I said. ‘Is there a sequel?‘
‘Don‘t you start.‘

😂🤣 THAT‘s a Jasper Fforde move if I ever saw one.

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