Early Riser

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Call Number: Fantasy / Fforde, Jasper, Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Fforde, Jasper
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fantasy / Fforde, Jasper	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Fforde, Jasper	4-week checkout	On Shelf

First published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton, a division of Hachette UK.
"Imagine a world where all humans must hibernate through a brutally cold winter, their bodies dangerously close to death as they enter an ultra-low metabolic state of utterly dreamless sleep. All humans, that is, apart from the Winter Consuls, a group of officers who diligently watch over the vulnerable sleeping citizens. Charlie Worthing is a novice, chosen by a highflying hero Winter Consul to accompany him to the Douzey, a remote sector in the middle of Wales, to investigate a dream which is somehow spreading amongst those in the hibernational state, causing paranoia, hallucination and a psychotic episode that can end in murder. Worthing has been trained to deal with Tricksy Nightwalkers whose consciousness has been eroded by hibernation, leaving only one or two skills and an incredible hunger; he's been trained to stay alive through the bleakest and loneliest of winters - but he is in no way prepared for what awaits him in Sector Twelve. There are no heroes in Winter, Worthing has been told. And he's about to find out why."--Publisher's description.

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Early Riser submitted by delaflynn on July 15, 2020, 3:58pm I love Jasper Fforde's writing. I had been excitedly waiting for this particular novel. It's a good book - unfortunately, it isn't necessarily his best work. His usual wit and satirical bent was absent. The feel of this novel was disillusionment which I found a little disappointing. Having said all that, it's still a decent read.

Strange submitted by camelsamba on July 29, 2023, 11:39pm This book was ... strange. At many points I thought I would just put it aside and quit reading it, but I forged ahead. There were some well-written descriptive passages, and the action picked up a lot in the last 100 pages or so. But overall? Strange. Not sure why I kept reading it, because whatever literary point might have been driving it was definitely over my head.