Reviews and Comments

The last in the set od Discworld book i bought at the start if the year. I can't say they've impressed me.

Certainly the best Discworld book Ive read so far. The heavy handed theme of not needing to be who ypu are 'supposed' to be seems to elevate the book beyond 'funny magic happens in a funny world'.

As a person who doesn't read fantasy novels I feel I'm missing out of some of the parody and irony. The book is at the awkward age where the portrayal of women is slightly better and misogyny is acknowlwdged as bad, but there is still some unacceptable things.

Picked this up intending to read the Discworld series for the first time. Lots of people have told me its one of the less good ones. I thought it was fine, the world is beyond outlandish and the rules of the universe are hard to follow. I can certainly see how reading some meta analysis might make it more fun.

Enjoyed this more than the prevoous books in the series. Although many of the Pevensies are whingy and too much 'from the past' to be relatable, Reepycheep is great.

I might try and read Discworld this year. I've read Equal Rites and enjoyed it enough.

Lots of sense in the book and probably made me consider the nature of work more than I thought it would.

Read this aloud to my partner and we both enjoyed it. The obvious analogy is embraced by the story and is even pointed out by the characters. Another world built by Fford that is fascinating, silly and enjoyable.

I really enjoyed the book, the smaller world that the protagonist lives in is very simple and is intriguing, but not somewhere I feel I need to return to. The larger universe though is interesting, with its reality plus a little magic vibe. I enjoyed the unravelling mystery and it compelled me to read it much faster than I've read books of similar size. The first few chapters describing the House reminded me of the descriptions of The Sleeper Service in Iain M Banks' book Excession. To the point where I thought the book was going to go in a sci-fi direction.

My mother recomended me this book. It was a ic moment as she had brought copy to give to me, and I had brought Klara and The Sun to recomend to her.

Not really what I expected, not bad, but a little cheesy in its central love story. I thought it would tell me about the complexities of modern China, but the feeling I got was just 'new China is corrupt, old China was better'. If this was written by someone who had experienced both it might feel more genuine. Maybe I just need some of the subtle analogies pointed out to me. I could not move away from the thought that this was a white mans escapist romance.