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A bunny pot-boiler?
Imagine a world where a mysterious event (the Inexplicable Anthropomorphising Event) led to a small number of animals becoming human-sized, able to speak i... READ MORE
Constantly entertaining
Fforde is very good at doing silly and this has much of his silliness about it, but this doesn’t mean this book is without substance or to be dismissed as ... READ MORE
Hilarious, quirky, thoughtful fun
This is your typical Jasper Fforde. Weird, edgy, often hilarious. The alternate world we are taken into this time is one that is gloriously absurd and pain... READ MORE
Synopsis
Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month for August 2021
England, 2020.
There are 1.2 million human-sized rabbits living in the UK.
They can walk, talk and drive cars, the result of an Inexplicable Anthropomorphising Event fifty-five years ago.
And a family of rabbits is about to move into Much Hemlock, a cosy little village where life revolves around summer fetes, jam-making, gossipy corner stores, and the oh-so-important Best Kept Village awards.
No sooner have the rabbits arrived than the villagers decide they must depart. But Mrs Constance Rabbit is made of sterner stuff, and her family are behind her. Unusually, so are their neighbours, long-time residents Peter Knox and his daughter Pippa, who soon find that you can be a friend to rabbits or humans, but not both.
With a blossoming romance, acute cultural differences, enforced rehoming to a MegaWarren in Wales, and the full power of the ruling United Kingdom Anti Rabbit Party against them, Peter and Pippa are about to question everything they'd ever thought about their friends, their nation, and their species.
It'll take a rabbit to teach a human humanity
Publisher information
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- ISBN: 9781444763645
- Number of pages: 320
- Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 22 mm
- Weight: 230g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allA masterpiece
What an absolute triumph! Mr Fforde has done it again. Just as you’d expect from any of his offerings, The Constant Rabbit is at times incredibly clever, l... READ MORE
Rabbit vs Fudd
Jasper Fforde has given us another entertaining and satirical look at the human condition, this time with the help of rabbits.
Rabbits are now human-sized... READ MORE
Witty & sharp satire
No one writes like Jasper Fforde. He has the ability to take the absurd & present it in a way that his version of an alternate society seems completely nor... READ MORE
Thoroughly brilliant - one of the best books of 2020!
When you pick up a Jasper Fforde book you must know in advance that some strange things are likely to occur within its pages. Here, strange takes the shape... READ MORE
Clever and witty
I have been waiting what feels like a lifetime for this, another unique and wonderfully crafted masterpiece by Fforde. A cracking story accurately describi... READ MORE
Witty and funny, with a great story and a great message around racism and privilege
The Constant Rabbit is set in a world which is similar to our own but slightly different. On 12th August 1965, a Spontaneous Anthropomorphising Event turne... READ MORE
This book sums up 2020 and that's a hard thing to do...
Given that we are all living in the crazy world of lockdown, coping with a pandemic and led by duplicitous, conniving politicians, a land of anthropomorphi... READ MORE
Racism against Rabbits!
A new Jasper Fforde is something which is always more than welcome in my view and I have to say that with The Constant Rabbit, he has excelled himself. The... READ MORE
Modern day classic?
Thank you very much to @hodderbooks and #NetGalley for this #ARC copy of #TheConstantRabbit by @jasperfforde.
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This book is first and foremost unlike any... READ MORE
Imaginative, whimsical, thought-provoking, brilliant satire with bunnies
My thanks to Hodder & Stoughton for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘The Constant Rabbit’ by Jasper Fforde in exchange for an honest review. It was published on 2... READ MORE
Absurdly brilliant
When a family of rabbits move into the small village of Much Hemlock, the villagers are in uproar. Despite working in the governmental rabbit compliance ta... READ MORE
Excellent!
Just didn’t know what to expect when I started reading this book. I wasn’t disappointed, that’s for sure! Watership Down on speed, with love, politics, in... READ MORE
Thought-provoking and powerful
Creative thinking at it’s best! This is a powerful read which challenges assumptions and deeply held convictions in a fun and provocative way.
I'm on the fence
A political satire set in a UK where over a million giant rabbits settle. These amiable, anthropomorphised creatures are not welcome everywhere, especially... READ MORE
A wonderfully witty and satirical
The Constant Rabbit is a wonderfully witty, satirical novel. I found myself laughing out loud at some parts of the story, mostly at anything to do with gov... READ MORE
My favourite book in 2020.
This was the book I enjoyed the most in 2020. It was gripping and yet made me laugh out loud. It was also very, very hard not to share details and spoilers... READ MORE
Fantastic satire
An interesting read with many levels, the trademark humour is there but with a razor sharp edge that cuts deep. This is definitely the perfect time for thi... READ MORE
Lacks the old sparkle but...
I did enjoy this book (despite quite a few grammatical blips - editing?) but, although it is a nice idea and produces wry nods and smiles, it lacks the pac... READ MORE
Wish I Could Read This
I would love to read this book, and I’ve no doubt that I would love it as I’ve loved all the Jasper Fforde titles that have come before. Alas, I pre-ordere... READ MORE
Classic Jasper Fforde - with extra topicality!
I’m a huge Jasper Fforde fan. I don’t think he could write a book I didn’t enjoy. This one is a classic mash-up of thriller, comedy, and the gloriously wei... READ MORE
Absurdly brilliant
When a family of rabbits move into the small village of Much Hemlock, the villagers are in uproar. Despite working in the governmental rabbit compliance ta... READ MORE
Laugh out loud, and clever
I have so enjoyed this unique book, laugh out loud at times.
Imagine Brexit - mmm... that's not hard.
Imagine a society with a minority trying to integrat... READ MORE
Satire/human sized rabbits/political shenanigans
In 1965, when for no explainable reason, rabbits became human sized and walked, talked and drove cars, the world was at first tolerant. But it is now 2020,... READ MORE
Clever and fun
This is such a funny book as I have come to expect from Jasper Fforde. His clever observations are spot on and very cutting and close to the bone sometime... READ MORE
Probably the most original story I have read in years - maybe even ever
I loved this book. Probably the most original story I have read in years - maybe even ever. Lately every book I read is either historical fiction set in th... READ MORE
Hilarious!
I’m absolutely sure I read a Jasper affords book years and years ago, and I wasn’t a fan. However, I can’t seem to find this book, but again, on starting t... READ MORE
Strange but enjoyable
Another classic Jasper Fforde novel - easy to understand and enjoyable to read if you’re into his style of fantasy fiction, but impossible to explain the s... READ MORE
The perfect story to read right now!
I wasn't quite sure what to expect when I first read the descripion for this book, but as it was something completely different to what i normally read i d... READ MORE
Entertaining and different
This is an at times funny, clever satire which encompasses several issues in a very different and entertaining way. On 12th August 1965 The Event occurred,... READ MORE
Not a book I enjoyed
I hadn't read a Jasper Fforde book before, but always heard great things about him so was looking forward to reading this. However I think this will be the... READ MORE
The Constant Rabbit
The Constant Rabbit is a timely novel with an original concept which initially intrigued me. However, it didn't keep me engaged and I struggled to finish i... READ MORE
Rabbits don't kill people......
This is such a funny, ironic, and off beat book, that will make you laugh, sigh, smile in an ever so slightly sardonic way, and leave you with a tear in yo... READ MORE
Smart and inventive, another thought-provoking and entertaining read.
The Constant Rabbit is a novel by Welsh author, Jasper Fforde. The 2020 United Kingdom that Fforde describes to the reader is very much an alternate one wh... READ MORE
A witty and insightful satire - The Constant Rabbit
I bought this book on the recommendation of other fantasy/ satire readers (those that love the writing of Sir Terry Pratchett). It did not disappoint- funn... READ MORE
Not arrived
I hoped that pre-paying for the early release in February (for a July release) that I would get first access to this book. But all it got me was the sadnes... READ MORE
The Constant Rabbit/The Amazingly Constant Fforde
I'm over here on the left side of the pond and, despite the additional fees in shipping, have been advance ordering Mr. Fforde's books from Waterstones for... READ MORE
The first real classic book written this century - on a par with Animal Farm and 1984
We’re 20% through the 21st century and this is the first classic I’ve read. I mean a real classic – the sort of book that will be read in fifty or a hundre... READ MORE
Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde a real thinker of a five-star read
Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde a real thinker of a five-star read. This one has had my brain in a twist, it makes you think about how you have behaved in... READ MORE
A genially weird look at some very serious issues
I'm grateful to Hodder for an advance copy of The Constant Rabbit to consider for review.
A new Jasper Fforde novel is always an Event and I was very plea... READ MORE
The best book I've read so far this year
I've been searching for an inventive, satirical author to complement my collection of Terry Pratchett books and in Jasper Fforde's The Constant Rabbit, I h... READ MORE