Katie Hanna's Reviews> The Big Over Easy

Well, then, this looks weird. I cannot comprehend how all that with Humpty Dumpty, um, works.

And how exactly was that premediated murder? I'm confused.

Bella (The Seventh Crow) wrote: "Well, then, this looks weird. I cannot comprehend how all that with Humpty Dumpty, um, works."

ME EITHER

"And how exactly was that premediated murder? I'm confused."

So... allegedly, after the Big Bad Wolf threatened the pigs and destroyed their first two houses (all of which Spratt canonically admits he DID DO), when the wolf tried to break into the brick house by climbing down the chimney (which again, Spratt admits he was definitely guilty of), the pigs had been "waiting for him" with a giant pot of boiling water which they had allegedly been boiling for the past six hours. Ergo, they definitely intended him to fall down the chimney into the boiling water, ergo, it was premeditated murder. But even if you could prove they put the pot of water to boil with the sole purpose of trapping the wolf... at best, that's a trap set up //in the unlikely event// that he tries to break into the house by the oddly specific method of climbing down the chimney. And it's a trap that will only harm him IF he attempts to break in using that very specific method. How is that premeditated murder rather than creative self-defense? It's not even an illegal method of self-defense; it's not like putting spikes in your backyard in case somebody tries to jump the fence in a municipality where said spikes are illegal. Keeping a pot of boiling water on your stove or in your fireplace is perfectly legal. AND WHAT DID THE WOLF EXPECT TO FIND WHEN HE CLIMBED DOWN THE CHIIMNEY? A cold dry hearth?? Just waiting for him, all convenient?

Yeah... I still don't get it lol. I think you should have been the pigs' lawyer, you would have won that case for them.

You should definitely read his Thursday Next novels before reading this one...

Bella (The Seventh Crow) wrote: "Yeah... I still don't get it lol. I think you should have been the pigs' lawyer, you would have won that case for them."

Ah thank you! I'm honored XD JUSTICE FOR THE THREE PIGS

Jenelle wrote: "You should definitely read his Thursday Next novels before reading this one..."

I've heard those are fun, but I'm scared to try them because the first one is called The Eyre Affair and (I believe) involves Jane Eyre, which is a book I don't like. I know it might be a satire or subvert the story, which MIGHT be enjoyable for me if it "changes things," but I just don't know.

I cannot figure out how to "reply" but while yes the first book involves Jane Eyre, it's mostly just in a... sort of peripheral way? Like, okay... I'll just explain without getting too spoilery.

So the world is an alternate sort of fantastical version of ours. Plagiarism is a major crime. And if something happens to any original manuscript, it happens to ALL the copies, so it's a big deal. The main MC works for a department of the government that handles crimes like plagiarism.

However, unbeknownst to the MC at first, this is also a world where people can actually go into books and characters can come out of them. So, in the course of her duty, the MC ends up learning this fact and following the villain she's been tracking down into Jane Eyre (which happens near the end of the story), where she interacts with a few of the characters, but mostly is just trying to catch her real-life villain.

So it's very meta-fiction. And would explain most of the world building stuff you didn't understand in the Nursery Crimes book, which is a spin-off from the Thursday Next series.

Jenelle wrote: "I cannot figure out how to" reply "but while yes the first book involves Jane Eyre, it's mostly just in a... sort of peripheral way? Like, okay... I'll just explain without getting too spoilery.

S... "

Thanks for the explanation!! That sounds interesting! I figured it was some type of meta fiction with characters interacting with "real" people. But I got really weirded out by the Humpty Dumpty stuff XD