Pyramids.

THE BOOK OF GOING FORTH. (Discworld -- 7)

Paperback, 380 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 1990 by Corgi.

ISBN:
9780552134613

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4 stars (57 reviews)

It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed to do. After all, he's been trained at Ankh-Morpork's famed assassins' school, across the sea from the Kingdom of the Sun.First, there's the monumental task of building a suitable resting place for Dad -- a pyramid to end all pyramids. Then there are the myriad administrative duties, such as dealing with mad priests, sacred crocodiles, and marching mummies. And to top it all off, the adolescent pharaoh discovers deceit, betrayal -- not to mention aheadstrong handmaiden -- at the heart of his realm.

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3 stars

I always find Pratchett's book hard to read and really struggled at times with this one, I think having all new characters didn't help, in his other books having a familiar face is very helpful. In Pyramids Pratchett does write some very clever lines, unfortunately they are not as frequent as in previous books so there were only a few laughs from me this time. I did enjoy a lot of the references to our history, especially the Trojan horse(s) scene, that was one moment of brilliance. The biggest weakness was the development of a number of characters at the assassins academy which were then not used again...still I expect Pratchett re-uses them in future books.

Roight book 7 done, off to see what book 8 is.

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