Shades Of Grey
Ratings72
Average rating4.2
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Ratings72
Average rating4.2
Eddie Russett lives in a world where fortune, career and ultimate destiny are rigidly dictated by the colours you can see, with violet at the top, and red at the bottom. Below the colours are the grey underclass who can only see tones of black and white.
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2 primary booksShades of Grey is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Jasper Fforde.
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When I first started reading this book, I realized that I forgot how hard it is to wrap my brain around the worlds that Jasper Fforde creates in his books. But once I understood Chromatacia, I was mesmerized again. Fforde crafts amazingly logical yet absurd societies. I really appreciate how everything fits together. And I was intrigued by this chromatic society and gripped by the characters and story. This is supposed to be a trilogy, although the other two books never came out. I hope they do one day, as I am definitely wanting more.
What initially reads as surreal nonsense, gradually develops into an intriguing story. Looking forward to the next in the series...
God. It was difficult to read in the beginning because the set up of the story world wasn't clear, and I got the names of the characters mixed up along the way. Other than that it was an exciting read, although the pace of the book was slow. The pay-off wasn't that fantastic but it was an amazing read because of the imagination and thought put into it.
