Santa-Khri Łakus

493 pages

Russian language

Published June 13, 2005 by E ksmo, Domino.

ISBN:
978-5-699-09195-9
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OCLC Number:
62090364

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As a first step in destroying humanity, evil men in Discworld try to undermine belief in Hogfather by abducting him. The plot is ruined by Death who takes Hogfather's place in his sleigh drawn by pigs. Part parody of Christmas, part meditation on the role of faith.

16 editions

reviewed Hogfather by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #20)

Not my favorite Discworld novel, but fun to read during the holidays

A lot of Pratchett's Discworld novels tend to have multiple chaotic plotlines that crash into each other. Sometimes that works well, sometimes it doesn't, and in this case, I would mostly put it into the latter category. I like the character of Susan, I wish it had followed her point of view more, and various shenanigans of the professors at the Unseen University were just tedious. That said, this book had some keen observations about how Western societies celebrate Christmas and what capitalism and commercialization do to cultural or religious observances. It was okay.

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  • Discworld (Imaginary place)
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