My favourite DW quote is from Death, after he finds out that "diamonds are a girls best friend" he gets one for his lady and presents it "HERE IS A DIAMOND TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU" made me laugh alot
My favorite book of all times. I read it five times and listened to the audiobook twice and I always find new clues and interpretations. The only work that came close to the atmosphere from "Piranesi" was a weird novella, "Tainaron. Mail from Another City" by Leena Krohn. The two short stories by Jorge Luis Borges that inspired the author are amazing as well. They are "The House of Asterion" and "The Library of Babel".
Just pick up a book and start reading. I don't care which book - the man was a genius, you will latch on no problem and if you're part way through a "collection" like the guards or death books, you'll finish and then just want to go read the first one and start over. And that's no bad thing. They came out in the order they came out, they're all incredible, they're all meaningful, they're all a joy. Just start reading one. There's no wrong order. I read them chronologically, because that's how I had to read them - and I found it interesting how you missed certain characters reading it in thematic chunks. I felt that reading them in chronological! Found myself wondering when I was getting more Granny Weatherwax, or (as you say) Luggage, or Vimes... but on the other hand it meant you never knew what was coming next - back to existing characters vs something totally new - and the surprise was always, always delicious. CATS. CATS ARE NICE.
I have read them all, been a long term Terry Pratchett fan. I agree, thematic makes more sense and helps people to adjust to the world before adding new characters.
After dragging my mom into She-Ra and Arcane, she recommended this book to me She wasn't wrong. I only petered out on my fourth read Nearly a year later this blew up because of Bigolas Whatshisname So glad this book blew up
Wonderful review. You were very humorous in your expressions and articulations. I think the people who made the Netflix series saw how Beth's story could be very compelling even if the author didn't.
Yes, the pictures on the wall at the shop are of his other stories. There's a mention of a castle on a cliff, which is a reference to his Tales of Verania series, which is great fun (and very adult), and I think a third is a mention of his werewolf series, Green Creek, if I remember right.
I liked it, wasn’t what I expected. The “downfall” felt really sudden and felt cheap but otherwise I enjoyed. I didn’t mind the crudeness because I’m not easily shaken but yes the ending could have been a lot better
In Hindu mythology, Earth is literally described to be a giant disc on the back of elephants standing on the back of a tortoise. So, I think Terry definitely did some intense research for his discworld.
Thank you for this review. I actually am neurodivergent. I have Autism and dyslexia. I wanted to read the book cause I loved the show and USUALLY "The books is better" but I'm halfway through (after 2 weeks of at least 4 hours a day) and I feel like it's written by a child so I wondered if anyone else struggled or if it was just my neurodivergent brain so thank you. I'm moving on to the next book!
You mentioned at the end that all the end that all the romances are strait F/M relationships which is true for the main Watch books however there is a one off book Monstrous Regiment which is Watch adjacent as the watch are quite large side characters. This book is a sort of Discworld Mulan and has a lot of exploration of gender and features a gay couple as 2 of the main cast. I would very highly recommend it. Also your baby is so sweet, glad they're so happy and healthy <3
I didn’t like this book. I enjoy weird fiction but this was actually pretty boring. Extreme concepts like this, I’ve found, work better as short stories. It’s a lot to handle for hundreds of pages. The shock wears off. I agree it was more about a cult.
I had gotten the audio version of this book for a vacation (great narrator!) but found myself getting a bit lost so I looked at a bunch of RU-vid reviews to try to decide whether it was worth my buying the book to read first. Yours is the review that convinced me to go ahead. Thank you!
I bought the audio version of this book (great narrator!) for a vacation but found myself getting a bit lost so I was wondering if it was worth it to buy the written version to read instead. I looked at bunch of reviews - but yours is the one that’s convinced me to go ahead. Thank you so much!
Illustrations: Highly visual books do not necessarily need illustrations. J. K. Rowling “covered" the whole world of Harry Potter in the text. Your review and the large audio book project of Penguin gave me the impression Pratchett "had it all in his words" as well! Yet you showed a lot of illustrations. That leads me to my question: Are there editions that vary in terms of illustrations, perhaps for different age groups? Or, are the illustrations an integral part of the books, like in Gormenghast or Alice in Wonderland?
Geek Love is definitely one of my favorite books. Yes, it is very hard to stomach in some parts of the book, but I think that’s the art of it all. Love that the characters are all really unlikable and crude and gratuitous. It just makes for a more complex and interesting story. Thank you for reviewing this book!
I loved Pratchett's work with a passion, but everything after UNSEEN ACADEMICALS read like fan fiction. It wasn't his fault he got early on set alzheimers, but it had the effect it had. The last couple he wrote were painfully bad.
My favorite quote from Discworld will always be "The River Anhk is perhaps the only river in the universe on which investigators can chalk the outline of a corpse."