To Say Nothing of the Dog: Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last

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brendalou, January 10, 2013 (view all comments by brendalou)
A great time-travel novel with a mystery at its core, fast paced and funny with memorable characters. Until I read To Say Nothing of the Dog: Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last, I didn't even know what a bird stump was.

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Virtually snowbound, September 6, 2011 (view all comments by Virtually snowbound)
I never enjoyed time travel novels until I read Connie Willis. She uses time travel to flaunt her incredible ability to plot her complex stories leaving the reader exhausted and wildly entertained. And since Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat is one of my favorite books of all time, Willis' take on the era and the lovingly portrayed intersection of time travelers and Jerome's trio (plus dog) is a masterpiece. I have read this at least five times and intend to repeat as needed. As the classic recommendation of a book goes: I envy anyone reading this for the first time.

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Benjamin Rothfuss, September 1, 2011 (view all comments by Benjamin Rothfuss)
A delightfully farsical tale enabled by time travel that turns out to be more about hilarious characters than the unraveling of the universe.

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Danielle G, March 31, 2011 (view all comments by Danielle G)
When reading time travel stories, one usually expects technobabble, high drama, and glorification of the past--and those make for good reading but are a bit overdone. Willis' 'To Say Nothing Of The Dog' is a refreshing comedy of errors that brings to life the more inscrutably inane parts of the Victorian Era. She deftly pays homage to the wry humor and picturesque setting of Jerome K. Jerome's travelogue 'Three Men In A Boat' while adding the dimension of interpersonal & interclass relationships (verboten topics for the Victorian Jerome). It is quick, quirky, and more than a little deep in some places...just like the Thames. A great vacation read!

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S E, January 3, 2010 (view all comments by S E)
This is just a highly entertaining book, long and with enough substance to satisfy. It is fast-paced, and while there are some thrills, there is never any real anxiety. I sometimes pick it up and re-read parts of it just to get a fix. Willis has a nice sensibility about pet animals, and some wit about academic types, especially Victorian-era Oxford dons, and history.

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