The Eye of Zoltar (The Chronicles of Kazam, Bk. 3)

from bostonian71

Enjoyable, but not as fun as the previous books in this series. Fforde is clearly setting things up for the fourth book; as a result, character development takes a back seat to the plot machinations as well as some satirical pieces he obviously couldn't resist putting in. This wouldn't be much of...

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The Eye of Zoltar is the third book in Jasper Fforde's YA series the Chronicles of Kazam. I had only the vaguest memories of what happened in the first two books, but luckily the plot of The Eye of Zoltar was mostly self contained and it wasn't too much of a problem. Like all of Fforde's work, Th...

from tjsjohanna

Mr. Fforde is back with another absurd and fantastical tale - an adventure that is really a quest for a mythical object. I particularly enjoyed the ending where girl power comes into play in a big way. There's lots to make a reader smile in this latest installment of the Chronicles of Kazam.

from drewsof

I do, I'll admit, miss the adult humor of Fforde's other novels - his wit, while still completely applicable to the younger set, is too good to get full enjoyment from seeing it with a tip on the blade. But he is perhaps the most consistently dazzling writer of intelligent humorous metanarrative ...

from bookwren

As exuberant and biting as the previous two chronicles, I was happy to be once more in the company of Jennifer Strange and the characters of Kazam. They are an odd lot, but full of quirkiness and heart. More twists and turns in an already convoluted plot, the addition of new characters like the P...